Chernivtsi Oblast

Chernivtsi Oblast
Чернівецька область
Chernivetska oblast[1]
Coat of arms of Chernivtsi Oblast
Coordinates: 48°17′N 26°01′E / 48.28°N 26.01°E / 48.28; 26.01
Country Ukraine
EstablishedAugust 9, 1940
Administrative centerChernivtsi
Largest citiesChernivtsi, Storozhynets, Novodnistrovsk
Government
 • GovernorRuslan Zaparanyuk[2]
 • Oblast council64 seats
 • ChairpersonOleksiy Boyko (Independent)
Area
 • Total
8,097 km2 (3,126 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 25th
Population
 (2022)[3]
 • Total
Decrease 890,457
 • RankRanked 26th
 • Annual growth
−0.4%
GDP
 • Total₴ 55 billion
(€1.4 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 61,088
(€1,600)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
58-60xxx
Area code+380-37
ISO 3166 codeUA-77
Vehicle registrationСЕ
Raions11
Cities (total)11
• Regional cities2
Urban-type settlements8
Villages398
HDI (2022)0.722[5]
high
FIPS 10-4UP03
Websitebukoda.gov.ua
oblrada.cv.ua

Chernivtsi Oblast (Ukrainian: Чернівецька область, romanizedChernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna (Чернівеччина), is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the historical regions of Bukovina and Bessarabia. It has an international border with Romania and Moldova. The region spans 8,100 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi). The oblast is the smallest in Ukraine both by area and population. It has a population of 890,457 (2022 estimate),[3] and its administrative center is the city of Chernivtsi.

In 1408, Chernivtsi was a town in Moldavia and the chief centre of the area known as Bukovina. Chernivtsi later passed to the Turks and then in 1774 to the Habsburg monarchy. After World War I, it was ceded to Romania, and in 1940, the town was acquired by the Ukrainian SSR.

The oblast has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the Dniester and Prut rivers.

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  2. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ No: 486/2022". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
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