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Kyiv region - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Abode, Acres, Alluvium, Archbishopric, Archdiocese, Area, Arrondissement, Bailiwick, Bearings, Belt, Bishopric, Borough, Canton, City, Clay, Commune, County, Crust, Demesne, Departement |
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Kyivs’ka oblast’
Київська область
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Kyivs'ka oblast' is located ...
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| capital | Kyiv
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| established | 1939-12-04
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population
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1,789,259
64/km²
58.6%
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| area | 28,100 km²
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Kyivs’ka oblast’ (Київська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast' (province) in northern Ukraine. Its capital is Kyiv. Despite hosting governing bodies of the province, Kyiv itself is independent from surrounding oblast' (being a municipality). The Russian name of the region is Kievskaya oblast' (since the city is called Kiev in Russian), a variant which is more familiar to readers in the West.
Geographically, the province is divided into two almost equal parts by the Dnipro River flowing southwards.
The north-western end of the province is a part of a closed devastated zone around the former nuclear plant of Chornobyl. The largest city within zone is Pryp'yat (now a ghost town).
The area of the region is 28,100 km². Its population, excluding Kyiv itself, (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.8 million.
Important cities include:
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