Administrative divisions of Ukraine

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* 1 autonomous republic
* 24 oblasts
* 2 cities with special status

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* 136 raions

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* 1469 hromadas

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The administrative divisions of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Адміністративний устрій України, romanized: Administratyvnyi ustrii Ukrainy) are under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Constitution. Ukraine is a unitary state with three levels of administrative divisions: 27 regions (24 oblasts, two cities with special status and one autonomous republic), 136 raions (districts) and 1469 hromadas.[1][2]

The administrative reform of July 2020 merged most of the 490 legacy raions and 118 pre-2020 cities of regional significance into 136 reorganized raions, or districts of Ukraine. The next level below raions are hromadas.[3]

Following the annexations of Crimea and southeastern Ukraine by the Russian Federation, Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as well as portions of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts came under the de facto administration of the Russian Federation. Internationally, most states have not recognized the Russian claims.[4]

## Overview[edit]

See also: Local government in Ukraine

According to Article 133 of the Constitution of Ukraine as amended, the system of administrative and territorial organization of Ukraine consists of:

* the Autonomous Republic of Crimea;
* oblasts
* raions;
* cities;
* urban raions; and
* hromadas (communities).[5]

In the 2020 administrative reform of Ukraine [uk; en], all populated places in the country (except for two cities with special status, Kyiv and Sevastopol) were resubordinated to raions.[6] The new figure of 136 raions includes 10 in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol; as of 2024[update] the Crimean raions are not functional.[citation needed]

Administrative divisions of Ukraine  Level of subdivision | Territory | Total

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First  | autonomous republic | 1
cities with special status | 2
oblasts (regions)  | 24
Second  | raions, (districts)  | 136
Third  | hromadas, (territorial communities)  | 1469

## First level[edit]

There are three types of first-level administrative divisions: 24 oblasts (regions), 1 autonomous republic and 2 cities with special status.

Colour  | Description

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24 oblasts

| An oblast in Ukraine, sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative division of the country. Ukraine is a unitary state, thus the oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Ukrainian Constitution and by law. Articles 140–146 of Chapter XI of the constitution deal directly with local authorities and their competency.

1 autonomous republic

| The administrative status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is recognized in the Ukrainian Constitution in Chapter X: Autonomous Republic of Crimea and is governed in accordance with laws passed by Ukraine's parliament. Following the 2014 Crimean crisis the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was illegally annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[7]

2 cities with special status

| There are two cities with special status: Kyiv and Sevastopol (occupied since 2014). Their administrative status is recognized in the Ukrainian Constitution in Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine.[8] Unlike the oblasts and the autonomous republic, the cities with special status only have urban raions and are not subdivided into hromadas.

### List[edit]

Flag  | Coat of arms  | No.  | Name  | Area (km2)  | Population
(2021 estimate)  | Population density
(people/km2, 2021)  | Capital  | No. of raions  | No. of hromadas  | Location

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|  | 1  | Autonomous
Republic of Crimea | 26,081  | 1,967,259 | 75.43  | Simferopol | 10  | —  |
|  | 2  | Vinnytsia Oblast | 26,513  | 1,529,123 | 57.67  | Vinnytsia | 6  | 63  |
|  | 3  | Volyn Oblast | 20,144  | 1,027,397 | 51.00  | Lutsk | 4  | 54  |
|  | 4  | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 31,974  | 3,142,035 | 98.27  | Dnipro | 7  | 86  |
|  | 5  | Donetsk Oblast | 26,517  | 4,100,280 | 154.63  | Donetsk
(de jure)
Kramatorsk
(de facto) | 8  | 66  |
|  | 6  | Zhytomyr Oblast | 29,832  | 1,195,495 | 40.07  | Zhytomyr | 4  | 65  |
|  | 7  | Zakarpattia Oblast | 12,777  | 1,250,129 | 97.84  | Uzhhorod | 6  | 64  |
|  | 8  | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 27,180  | 1,666,515 | 61.31  | Zaporizhzhia | 5  | 67  |
|  | 9  | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 13,928  | 1,361,109 | 97.72  | Ivano-Frankivsk | 6  | 62  |
|  | 10  | Kyiv Oblast | 28,131  | 1,788,530 | 63.58  | Kyiv | 7  | 69  |
|  | 11  | Kirovohrad Oblast | 24,588  | 920,128 | 37.42  | Kropyvnytskyi | 4  | 49  |
|  | 12  | Luhansk Oblast | 26,684  | 2,121,322 | 79.50  | Luhansk
(de jure)
Sievierodonetsk
(de facto, 2014–2022) | 8  | 37  |
|  | 13  | Lviv Oblast | 21,833  | 2,497,750 | 114.40  | Lviv | 7  | 73  |
|  | 14  | Mykolaiv Oblast | 24,598  | 1,108,394 | 45.06  | Mykolaiv | 4  | 52  |
|  | 15  | Odesa Oblast | 33,310  | 2,368,107 | 71.09  | Odesa | 7  | 91  |
|  | 16  | Poltava Oblast | 28,748  | 1,371,529 | 47.71  | Poltava | 4  | 60  |
|  | 17  | Rivne Oblast | 20,047  | 1,148,456 | 57.29  | Rivne | 4  | 64  |
|  | 18  | Sumy Oblast | 23,834  | 1,053,452 | 44.20  | Sumy | 5  | 51  |
|  | 19  | Ternopil Oblast | 13,823  | 1,030,562 | 74.55  | Ternopil | 3  | 55  |
|  | 20  | Kharkiv Oblast | 31,415  | 2,633,834 | 83.84  | Kharkiv | 7  | 56  |
|  | 21  | Kherson Oblast | 28,461  | 1,016,707 | 35.72  | Kherson | 5  | 49  |
|  | 22  | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 20,645  | 1,243,787 | 60.25  | Khmelnytskyi | 3  | 60  |
|  | 23  | Cherkasy Oblast | 20,900  | 1,178,266 | 56.38  | Cherkasy | 4  | 66  |
|  | 24  | Chernivtsi Oblast | 8,097  | 896,566 | 110.73  | Chernivtsi | 3  | 52  |
|  | 25  | Chernihiv Oblast | 31,865  | 976,701 | 30.65  | Chernihiv | 5  | 57  |
|  | 26  | Kyiv | 839  | 2,962,180 | 3530.61  | Kyiv | 10  | —  |
|  | 27  | Sevastopol | 864  | 385,870 | 446.61  | Sevastopol | 4  | —  |

### Autonomous republic[edit]

Main article: Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Автоно́мна Респу́бліка Крим) geographically encompasses the major portion of the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine. Its capital is Simferopol. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is the only region within Ukraine that has its own constitution.

On 16 March 2014, after the occupation of Crimea by the Russian military, a referendum on joining the Russian Federation was held. A majority of votes supported the measure. On 21 March 2014, the Russian Duma voted to annex Crimea as a subject into the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian government does not recognize the referendum or annexation of Crimea as legitimate. On 27 March, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 68/262 by 100 to 11 votes, recognizing the referendum as invalid and denying any legal change in the status of Crimea and Sevastopol.

### Oblasts[edit]

Main article: Oblasts of Ukraine

An oblast (Ukrainian: о́бласть; pl. о́бласті) is on the first level of the administrative division of Ukraine.

Most oblasts are named after their administrative center. Volyn and Zakarpattia, whose respective capitals are Lutsk and Uzhhorod, are named after the historic regions Volhynia and Transcarpathia.

### Cities with special status[edit]

Main article: City with special status

Two cities have special status (Ukrainian: міста́ зі спеціа́льним ста́тусом): Kyiv and Sevastopol. Their special status puts them on the same administrative level as the oblasts, and thus under the direct supervision of the state via their respective local state administrations, which constitute the executive bodies of the cities. Following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Sevastopol is controlled by Russia and is incorporated as a federal subject of Russia.[9][10]

## Second level[edit]

### Raions[edit]

Main article: Raions of Ukraine

Raions (Ukrainian: райо́н; pl. райо́ни) are smaller territorial units of subdivision in Ukraine. There are 136 raions.[11] Following the December 2019 draft constitutional changes submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 136 new raions have replaced the former 490 raions of Ukraine.[12]

### Urban raions[edit]

Main article: Urban districts of Ukraine

An urban raion is subordinate to the city administration.[13]

## Third level[edit]

### Hromadas[edit]

Further information: List of hromadas of Ukraine

The territorial hromadas (Ukrainian: територіа́льна грома́да; lit. 'territorial community'), or simlply hromadas (Ukrainian: грома́да) were established by the Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020 as a part of administrative reform that started in 2015.[14]

There are three types of hromadas: rural (Ukrainian: сільська́ грома́да), settlement (Ukrainian: се́лищна грома́да) and urban (Ukrainian: міська́ грома́да). There are 1469 hromadas in total (as of November 1, 2023).[15]

## History[edit]

Main articles: Development of the administrative divisions of Ukraine and Historical regions in present-day Ukraine

### Cossack Hetmanate[edit]

The Cossack Hetmanate was divided into military-administrative districts known as regimental districts (polks) whose number fluctuated with the size of the Hetmanate's territory. In 1649, when the Hetmanate controlled both the right and left banks, it included 16 such districts. After the loss of Right-bank Ukraine, this number was reduced to ten. The regimental districts were further divided into companies (sotnias), which were administered by captains (sotnyk).[16] The lowest division was the kurin.

* Kropyvna Regiment

* Lubny Regiment

* Chyhyryn Regiment

* Chernihiv Regiment

* Nizhyn Regiment

### Ukrainian People's Republic[edit]

According to the Constitution of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the country was divided into zemlias (lands), volosts and hromadas (communities). This law was not fully implemented as on 29 April 1918 there was the anti-socialist coup in Kyiv, after which Pavlo Skoropadskyi reverted the reform back to the governorate-type administration.[17]

### Soviet Ukraine[edit]

Before the introduction of oblasts in 1932, Soviet Ukraine comprised 40 okruhas, which had replaced the former Russian Imperial governorate subdivisions.[18][19]

In 1932 the territory of the Soviet Ukraine was re-established based on oblasts. At the same time, most of the Western Ukraine at the time formed part of the Second Polish Republic and shared in the Polish form of administrative division based on voivodeships.[20]

## See also[edit]

* Ukraine portal

* Geography of Ukraine
* Local government in Ukraine

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## External links[edit]

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* "Regions of Ukraine and their composition". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
* "Ukraine Raions". Statoids. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
* "Ukrainian cities and regions in alphabetical order". UkraineTrek. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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Capital: Kyiv

Oblasts|

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* Kyiv
* Sevastopol1

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* Crimea1

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* Cherkasy
* Chernihiv
* Chernivtsi
* Dnipro
* Donetsk2 (Kramatorsk)
* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kharkiv
* Kherson
* Khmelnytskyi
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