Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Хмельницька область
Khmelnytska oblast[1]
Flag of Khmelnytskyi oblast
Coat of arms of Khmelnytskyi oblast
Nickname: 
Хмельниччина (Khmelnychchyna)
Coordinates: 49°32′N 26°52′E / 49.53°N 26.87°E / 49.53; 26.87
Country Ukraine
Established22 September 1937
Administrative centerKhmelnytskyi
Largest citiesKhmelnytskyi, Kamianets-Podilskyi
Government
 • GovernorSerhii Tiurin[2]
 • Oblast council84 seats
 • ChairpersonVioleta Labazyuk[3]
Area
 • Total20,645 km2 (7,971 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 19th
Population
 (2022)[4]
 • TotalDecrease 1,228,829
 • RankRanked 14th
GDP
 • Total₴ 120 billion
(€3.1 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 96,964
(€2,500)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
Area code+380-38
ISO 3166 codeUA-68
Vehicle registrationвх, нх
Raions3
Cities (total)13
• Regional cities4
Urban-type settlements24
Villages1416
HDI (2022)0.722[6]
high
FIPS 10-4UP09
Websiteadm-km.gov.ua

Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Хмельницька область, romanizedKhmelnytska oblast), also known as Khmelnychchyna (Ukrainian: Хмельниччина), 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.

The current estimated population is around 1,228,829 (2022 estimate).[4]

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, romanizedKamianets-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.

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  2. ^ "Zelenskyy appointed new head of Khmelnytskyi Oblast State Administration". Ukrainska Pravda. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Голова Хмельницької обласної ради". km-oblrada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Валовии регіональнии продукт".
  6. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.