Political Map of Ukraine

Ukraine is a country located in Eastern Europe, which borders Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova, as well as the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Ukraine is the second largest country in continental Europe (after Russia), with an area of 606,628 square kilometer (233,090 square miles).

Ukraine has a total population estimated at about 45 million. The capital and largest city of Ukraine is Kiev, which is home to almost 3 million people.

Ukraine is divided into twenty-four provinces known as oblasts and an autonomous republic. The autonomous republic in Ukraine is called Crimea, which is located on the southern peninsula. The capital city, Kiev, and Sevastopol are two cities with special administrative status in Ukraine.

Ukraine's oblasts are further subdivided into raions, or districts. Each of the oblasts is headquartered in a capital. Kiev the national capital is also the capital of the oblast by the same name.

Region	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Cherkasy	1,402,969	20,034	7,735	Cherkasy
Chernihiv	1,245,260	31,865	12,303	Chernihiv
Chernivtsi	922,817	7,359	2,841	Chernivtsi
Crimea	2,033,736	26,081	10,070	Simferopol'
Dnipropetrovs'k	3,567,567	31,974	12,345	Dnipropetrovs'k
Donets'k	4,841,074	26,517	10,238	Donets'k
Ivano-Frankivs'k	1,409,760	13,928	5,378	Ivano-Frankivs'k
Kharkiv	2,914,212	31,415	12,129	Kharkiv
Kherson	1,175,122	28,461	10,989	Kherson
Khmel'nyts'kyy	1,430,775	20,645	7,971	Khmel'nyts'kyy
Kiev	1,827,894	28,131	10,861	Kiev
Kiev City	2,611,327	839	324	Kiev
Kirovohrad	1,133,052	24,588	9,493	Kirovohrad
Luhans'k	2,546,178	26,684	10,303	Luhans'k
L'viv	2,626,543	21,831	8,429	L'viv
Mykolayiv	1,264,743	24,598	9,497	Mykolayiv
Odessa	2,469,057	33,310	12,861	Odessa
Poltava	1,630,092	28,748	11,100	Poltava
Rivne	1,173,304	20,047	7,740	Rivne
Sevastopol' City	379,492	864	334	Sevastopol'
Sumy	1,299,746	23,834	9,202	Sumy
Ternopil'	1,142,416	13,823	5,337	Ternopil'
transcarpathia	1,258,264	12,777	4,933	Uzhhorod
Vinnytsya	1,772,371	26,513	10,237	Vinnytsya
Volyn	1,060,694	20,144	7,778	Luts'k
Zaporizhzhya	1,929,171	27,180	10,494	Zaporizhzhya
Zhytomyr	1,389,466	29,832	11,518	Zhytomyr
27 divisions	48,457,102	602,022	232,442

Note : -Population: 2001-12-05 census

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Last Updated On : March 15, 2013