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Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Запорізька область | |
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| Zaporizka oblast[1] | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Запоріжжя (Zaporizhzhia) | |
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| Coordinates: 47°50′N 35°10′E / 47.833°N 35.167°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Established | 10 January 1939 |
| Administrative centre | Zaporizhzhia |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ivan Fedorov[2][a] |
| • Oblast council | 84 seats |
| • Chairperson | Olena Zhuk[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 27,183 km2 (10,495 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 9th |
| Population (2022)[4] | |
• Total |  1,638,462 |
| • Rank | Ranked 9th |
| • Density | 60.2/km2 (156/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₴ 229 billion (€5.9 billion) |
| • Per capita | ₴ 138,521 (€3,600) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | +380-61 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA-23 |
| Raions | 5 |
| Cities (total) | 14 |
| • Regional cities | 5 |
| Urban-type settlements | 23 |
| Villages | 920 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.741[6] high |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP26 |
| Website | Zoda.gov.ua |
Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Ukrainian: Запорізька область, romanized: Zaporizka oblast), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (Запоріжжя), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of 27,183 square kilometres (10,495 sq mi), and has a population of 1,638,462 (2022 estimate).[4]
This oblast is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture. Most of the area of the oblast has been under Russian military occupation since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including all of the coast, although the capital and the majority of the population remains under Ukrainian administration.
On 30 September 2022, Russia declared it had annexed the Donetsk (Donetsk People's Republic), Luhansk (Luhansk People's Republic), Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, despite having failed to occupy all of these Ukrainian territories. However, the disputed referendums and subsequent annexations are not internationally recognized.
To the south, Zaporizhzhia Oblast covers roughly 150 kilometres (93 mi) of coastline of the Sea of Azov, as part of a coastal region known as Pryazovia, also including the coastal regions of Kherson Oblast and Donetsk Oblast, to the west and east, respectively.
- ^ 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 2020-10-06.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Zelensky replaces Zaporizhzhia Oblast governor". The Kyiv Independent. 2024-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ "For the first time in the history of the Zaporizhhia Regional Council, a woman became its head". Zaporizhzhia Regional Council. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ 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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