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Poltava Oblast Полтавська область Poltavs’ka oblast’
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Location of Poltava Oblast (red) on the map of Ukraine (blue).
Administrative center	Poltava
Largest cities
Governor	Valeriy Asadchev (?)
Oblast council
– Chairman	? (?)
– № of seats	?
Established
Subdivisions
– Raions	25
– Cities of oblast subordinance	5
– Cities (total)	15
– Towns	21
– Villages	1,831
Area	Ranked 6th
– Total	28,748 km²
– Land	? km²
– Water	? (?%)
Population	Ranked ?
– Total (2006)	1,544,085
– Density	55 p/ km²
– Average salary	UAH ? (?%)
Time zone	EET +2
– Summer (DST)	EEST +3
Abbreviations
– Postal code	36000-38999
– ISO 3166-2	UA-53
– FIPS 10-4	UP18
– Telephone code	+380-53
– Licence plate	(ukr)
Official website	www.obladmin.poltava.ua
Verkhovna Rada site

Poltava Oblast (Ukrainian: Полтавська область, translit. Poltavs’ka oblast’; also referred to as Poltavshchyna - Ukrainian: Полтавщина) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava.

Other important cities within the oblast include: Komsomolsk, Kremenchuk, Lubny and Myrhorod.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Economy 3.1 Industry 3.2 Agriculture 4 Administrative divisions 5 Nomenclature 6 External links

Poltava Oblast is situated in the central part of Ukraine. It has an area of 28,800 km². The oblast’ borders upon Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnopropetrovs’k, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Kyiv regions.

It is believed that normalized Ukrainian has been based on a 19th century local peasant dialect. Today, however, at least half of the province' population speaks either Russian or a creole of Russian and Ukrainian named Surzhyk. It was mostly a result of industry-related immigration and Russification.

As of 2005-05-01 its population is 1,584,446, and its population density is 59 people on 1 km².

The oblast’ is a center of Ukraine's oil and natural gas industry, with many wells and pipelines situated here. There is a major oil refinery plant in the city of Krementchuk. Important iron ore processing facilities also present. In general there are 374 large industrial organization and 618 small industrial organizations.

In 1999 the gross grain yield was about 1452,9 thousand tons, sugar beets – 1002,900 tons, sunflower seeds – 166,200 tons, potatoes – 279,900 tons. The oblast also produced 120,500 tons of meat, 645,900 tons of milk and 423,200,00 eggs. At the beginning of 1999 there were 1,311 registered farms in the region.

The oblast is divided into 25 districts, 15 cities including 5 settlements of city estate, 21 urban villages, and 1862 villages.

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Poltava Oblast’:

• Administrative Center - 1 (Poltava)
• Raions — 25;
• City raions — 5;
• Settlements — 1526, including:
  • Villages — 1,831;
  • Cities/Towns — 35, including:
    • Urban-type settlement — 21;
    • Cities — 15, including:
      • Cities of oblast' subordinance — 7;
      • Cities of raion subordinance — 8;
• Selsovets — 384.

The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Poltava Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast’ is the Poltava Oblast’ Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Poltava is the center of the Poltavs’ka oblast’ (Poltava Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Sumy Oblast, Poltavshchyna.

See also: Romanization of Ukrainian

• State Administration of Poltava Region - official site (Ukrainian)
• Information Card of the Region - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Administrative divisions of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
Administrative center:  Poltava
Raions	Chornukhynskyi · Chutivskyi · Dykanskyi · Hadyatskyi · Hlobynskyi · Hrebinkivskyi · Karlivskyi · Khorolskyi · Kobeliatskyi · Kotelevskyi · Kozelschynskyi · Kremenchutskyi · Lokhvytskyi · Lubenskyi · Mashivskyi · Myrhorodskyi · Novosanzharskyi · Orzhytskyi · Poltavskyi · Pyryatynskyi · Reshetylivskyi · Semenivskyi · Shyshatskyi · Velykobahachanskyi · Zinkivskyi
Cities	Chervonozavodske · Hadiach · Hlobyne · Hrebinka · Karlivka · Khorol · Kobeliaky · Komsomolsk · Kremenchuk · Lokhvytsia · Lubny · Myrhorod · Poltava · Pyriatyn · Zinkiv
Urban-type settlements	Artemivka · Chornukhy · Chutove · Dykanka · Kotelva · Kozelschyna · Mashivka · Novi Sanzhary · Orzhytsia · Reshetylivka · Semenivka · Shyshaky · Velyka Bahachka · more...
Villages	Nedoharky · Velyki Sorochyntsi more...

v • d • e Administrative divisions of Ukraine
Capital: Kiev
Oblasts	Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sumy · Ternopil · Vinnytsia · Volyn · Zakarpattia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr
Cities with special status	Kiev City · Sevastopol City
Autonomous Republic	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Administrative centers	Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev City · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lutsk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sevstopol City · Simferopol · Sumy · Ternopil · Uzhhorod · Vinnytsia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr

Coordinates: 49°30′N, 34°00′E