Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Харківська область, romanized: Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (Ukrainian: Харківщина), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the south-east, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the south-west, Poltava Oblast to the west, Sumy Oblast to the north-west and Russia's Belgorod Oblast to the north. The area of Kharkiv Oblast is 31,400 square kilometres (12,100 sq mi), corresponding to 5.2% of the total territory of Ukraine.
Kharkiv Oblast
Харківська область | |
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| Kharkivska oblast | |
View of Kharkiv | |
| Nickname(s): | |
| Coordinates: 49.59°N 36.43°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Administrative center | Kharkiv |
| Largest cities | Kharkiv, Lozova, Izium, Chuhuiv, Pervomaiskyi, Kupiansk |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Oleh Synyehubov |
| • Oblast council | 120 seats |
| • Chairperson | Tetyana Yehorova-Lutsenko (Servant of the People) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31,415 km2 (12,129 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 4th |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 2,598,961 |
| • Rank | Ranked 3rd |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₴ 320 billion (€8.289 billion) |
| • Per capita | ₴ 122,227 (€3,167) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 61-64 |
| Area code | +380-57 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA-63 |
| Vehicle registration | AX |
| Raions | 7 |
| Cities (total) | 17 |
| • Regional cities | 7 |
| Urban-type settlements | 61 |
| Villages | 1,683 |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP07 |
| Website | www.kharkivoda.gov.ua |
The oblast is the third-most populous province 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. While the Russian language is primarily spoken in the cities of Kharkiv oblast, elsewhere in the oblast most inhabitants speak Ukrainian.