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Sumy Oblast
Сумська область | |
|---|---|
| Sumska oblast[1] | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Сумщина (Sumshchyna) | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Administrative center | Sumy |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Volodymyr Artyukh |
| • Oblast council | 64[2] seats |
| • Chairperson | Viktor Fedorchenko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,834 km2 (9,202 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 16th |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • Total |  1,035,772 |
| • Rank | Ranked 19th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₴ 105 billion (€2.7 billion) |
| • Per capita | ₴ 100,760 (€2,600) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | +380-54 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA-59 |
| Raions | 18 |
| Cities (total) | 15 |
| • Regional cities | 7 |
| Urban-type settlements | 20 |
| Villages | 1492 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.737[5] high |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP21 |
| Website | sorada.gov.ua |
Sumy Oblast (Ukrainian: Сумська область, romanized: Sumska oblast), also known as Sumshchyna (Сумщина), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its most recent form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
The estimated population is 1,035,772 (2022 estimate).[3]
The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Sumy. Other important cities within the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, and Shostka. The modern region combines territories of the historical Severia (northern part) and Sloboda Ukraine (southern part). On territory of the Sumy Oblast important centers of Ukrainian culture are located, such as the city of Hlukhiv which served as a hetman residence during the Cossack Hetmanate as well as the cities of Okhtyrka and Sumy which were regional centers of the Sloboda Ukraine.
The oblast has a heavy mix of agriculture and industry, with over 600 industrial locations. Among the most notable was the Soviet film stock manufacturer Svema in Shostka. Importantly, seven rivers pass through the oblast.
- ^ Syvak, Nina; Ponomarenko, Valerii; Khodzinska, Olha; Lakeichuk, Iryna (2011). Veklych, Lesia (ed.). Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use (PDF). scientific consultant Iryna Rudenko; reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa; translated by Olha Khodzinska. Kyiv: DerzhHeoKadastr and Kartographia. p. 20. ISBN 978-966-475-839-7. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ (in Ukrainian) List of members of the Sumy Regional Council of the Sixth Convocation Archived 1 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Official website Sumy Parliament
- ^ 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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- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.