Everything about Rivne Oblast totally explained
Rivne Oblast (
translit. Rivnens’ka oblast’; also referred to as
Rivnenshchyna - ) is an
oblast (province) of
Ukraine. Its
administrative center is
Rivne.
The area of the region is 20,100 km²; its population (as of
2004-
05-01) is 1.2 million. A
nuclear power plant is located in the oblast.
Geography
Image:Rivne oblast detail map.png|Detailed map of Rivne Oblast
Image:Ukraine Oblast Riwne Rajon blank.png|Subdivisions of Rivne Oblast
History
The Rivne Oblast was created as part of the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on
December 4,
1939.
Subdivisions
The Rivne Oblast is administratively subdivided into 16
raions (
districts) as well as 4 cities (
municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government:
Dubno,
Kuznetsovsk,
Ostroh, and the administrative center of the oblast,
Rivne.
Nomenclature
Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their
capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (
translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a
relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine
suffix to the name of respective center city:
Rivne is the center of the
Rivnens’ka oblast’ (Rivne Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Rivne Oblast,
Rivnenshchyna.
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