Administrative divisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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The administrative divisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Хмельницька область) follows the general scheme of the administrative divisions in Ukraine. It is subdivided into districts (raions) which are subdivided into territorial communities (hromadas). As Ukraine is a unitary state, any changes to the administrative divisions have to be approved by the Verkhovna Rada.
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Хмельницька область | |
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Country | Ukraine |
Administrative center | Khmelnytskyi |
Administrative divisions | List
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Statistics dated 1 January 2021 |
The oblast was established on 22 September 1937, as the "Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast" to replace the Kamianets Okruha and other neighboring administrative regions in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Its administrative center was moved from Kamianets-Podilskyi to Proskuriv in 1941, and when Proskuriv's name was changed to Khmelnytskyi, the oblast's name was changed as well.
Khmelnytskyi Oblast is one of the smaller of the 24 oblasts of Ukraine with a total area of 20,629 square kilometres (7,965 sq mi). Its population was 1,426,649 at the 2001 census. The oblast borders upon Rivne Oblast to the northwest, Zhytomyr Oblast to the northeast, Vinnytsia Oblast to the east, Chernivtsi Oblast to the south, and Ternopil Oblast to the west.
The oblast has three raions, that are further divided into 60 hromadas.