Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Хмельни́цька о́бласть, romanized: Khmelnytska oblast), also known as Khmelnychchyna (Ukrainian: Хмельни́ччина), is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Khmelnytskyi.
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Хмельницька область | |
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Oblast | |
| Khmelnytska oblast | |
Khmelnytskyi Oblast administration building | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Хмельниччина (Khmelnychchyna) | |
| Coordinates: 49.53°N 26.87°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Established | 22 September 1937 |
| Administrative center | Khmelnytskyi |
| Largest cities | Khmelnytskyi, Kamianets-Podilskyi |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Serhiy Tyurin (acting) |
| • Oblast council | 84 seats |
| • Chairperson | Mykhailo Zagorodniy (Petro Poroshenko Bloc) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20,645 km2 (7,971 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 19th |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,228,829 |
| • Rank | Ranked 14th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₴ 120 billion (€3.104 billion) |
| • Per capita | ₴ 96,964 (€2,511) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 29000-31999 |
| Area code | +380-38 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA-68 |
| Vehicle registration | вх, нх |
| Raions | 3 |
| Cities (total) | 13 |
| • Regional cities | 4 |
| Urban-type settlements | 24 |
| Villages | 1416 |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP09 |
| Website | adm-km.gov.ua |
The current estimated population is around 1,228,829 (2022 estimate).
Created in 1937 out of border okrugs of Vinnytsia Oblast, in 1941–44 it was under Nazi Germany occupation and part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Wolhynien und Podolien general district). Following the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket in spring of 1944 as part of the Proskurov-Chernovtsy operation, Soviet troops removed the German occupation in the region. Until 4 February 1954 it was called Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Кам'янець-Подільська область, romanized: Kamianets-Podilska oblast) and was centered in Kamianets-Podilsky until 1941. The region rebranding took place after the official renaming of the region's administrative center to Khmelnytskyi.