Zaporiz’ka oblast’ Запорізька область Missing image Map_of_Ukraine_political_simple_Oblast_Saporischja.png Zaporiz'ka oblast' is located ...
capital	Zaporizhzhia
population    total    density    urban	1,887,104 70/km� 75.8%
area	27,200 km�
raions cities city districts urban-type localities villages	20 14 7 23 920

Zaporiz'ka oblast' (Запорізька область in Ukrainian) is an oblast' (province) of southern Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhzhia.

This oblast' is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture.

The area of the province is 27,200 km�; its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.9 million.

Important cities include:

• Berdians'k
• Enerhodar - home for the Zaporiz'ka nuclear power plant
• Melitopol'
• Zaporizhzhia

In 15th century through 18th century, the nothern parts of the province belonged to the Zaporizhian Sich - a self-governed military republic of Ukrainian Cossacks.

Subdivisions of Ukraine
oblasts:	Cherkas'ka | Chernihivs'ka | Chernivets'ka | Dnipropetrovs'ka | Donets'ka | Ivano-Frankivs'ka | Kharkivs'ka | Khersons'ka | Khmel'nyts'ka | Kirovohrads'ka | Kyivs'ka | Luhans'ka | L'vivs'ka | Mykolayivs'ka | Odes'ka | Poltavs'ka | Rivnens'ka | Sums'ka | Ternopil's'ka | Vinnyts'ka | Volyns'ka | Zakarpats'ka | Zaporiz'ka | Zhytomyrs'ka
autonomous republic:	Crimea
cities with special status:	Kyiv | Sevastopol

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