Kharkiv Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Харківська область, romanized: Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (Ukrainian: Харківщина), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.

Kharkiv Oblast
Харківська область
Oblast
Kharkivska oblast
View of Kharkiv
Nickname(s): 
Харківщина (Kharkivshchyna), Слобожанщина (Slobozhanshchyna)
Coordinates: 49.59°N 36.43°E / 49.59; 36.43
Country Ukraine
Administrative centerKharkiv
Largest citiesKharkiv, Lozova, Izium, Chuhuiv, Pervomaiskyi, Kupiansk
Government
  GovernorOleh Synyehubov
  Oblast council120 seats
  ChairpersonTetyana Yehorova-Lutsenko (Servant of the People)
Area
  Total31,415 km2 (12,129 sq mi)
  RankRanked 4th
Population
 (2022)
  Total 2,598,961
  RankRanked 3rd
GDP
  Total₴ 320 billion
(€8.289 billion)
  Per capita₴ 122,227
(€3,167)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
61-64
Area code+380-57
ISO 3166 codeUA-63
Vehicle registrationAX
Raions7
Cities (total)17
 Regional cities7
Urban-type settlements61
Villages1,683
FIPS 10-4UP07
Websitewww.kharkivoda.gov.ua

Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the west, Sumy Oblast to the northwest and Russia's Belgorod Oblast to the north. Its area is 31,400 square kilometres (12,100 sq mi), or 5.2% of the total territory of Ukraine.

The oblast is the third-most populous of Ukraine, with a population of 2,598,961 in 2021, more than half (1.42 million) of whom live in the city of Kharkiv, the oblast's administrative center.

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