Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast
Харківська область | |
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| Kharkivska oblast | |
| Nicknames: | |
| Anthem: Anthem of Kharkiv Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°35′N 36°26′E / 49.59°N 36.43°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Established | 27 February 1932 |
| Administrative center | Kharkiv |
| 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 |
| • Density | 82.730/km2 (214.27/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₴ 320 billion (€8.3 billion) |
| • Per capita | ₴ 122,227 (€3,200) |
| 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 | 17 |
| Settlements | 61 |
| Villages | 1,683 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.741 high |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP07 |
| NUTS statistical regions of Ukraine | UA13 |
| Website | www.kharkivoda.gov.ua |
Kharkiv Oblast (Ukrainian: Харківська область, romanized: Kharkivska oblast, Russian: Харьковская область, romanized: Kharkovskaya oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (Ukrainian: Харківщина), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the west, Sumy Oblast to the northwest and Russia's Belgorod Oblast to the north. Its area is 31,400 square kilometres (12,100 sq mi), or 5.2% of the total territory of Ukraine.
The oblast is the third-most populous 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.