Lugansk Ukraine oblast

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• overview
• administrative division
• economy

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Lugansk Ukraine oblast overview

Lugansk oblast coat of arms

Lugansk oblast flag

Lugansk oblast map location

Lugansk (Ukrainian spelling Luhansk) oblast was created as administrative economic territorial unit of Ukraine in June 1938. Lugansk oblast is located in the southwestern part of Ukraine in the basin of middle Seversky Donets river on the ways from Donbas to Russia.

Lugansk oblast territory stretches for 250 km from south to north and 190 km from west to east. Lugansk region borders coincide with Ukrainian frontiers in the north, east and south, and thus it is in the immediate neighborhood of Russia.

Lugansk oblast nature views

Lugansk oblast landscapes

The population of Lugansk oblast makes 5.6% of that of Ukraine. Lugansk region is fourth mostly populated oblast of Ukraine. Lugansk city is the capital and administrative center of the region.

Lugansk oblast belongs to the regions with high population density, the average being 90.2 people per sq. km. Lugansk oblast population includes 104 nationalities and peoples, mainly Ukrainians (54.8%) and Russians (41.7%).

Lugansk Ukraine oblast population - 2,409,000 (2006).
Lugansk Ukraine oblast land area - 26,684 sq. km.

Lugansk oblast road

Lugansk oblast village scenery

Lugansk Ukraine oblast administrative division

Lugansk oblast includes 18 rural districts; 37 cities and towns (14 cities of regional subordination and 23 towns of district subordination), 109 large rural settlements and 632 villages.

Lugansk oblast sunflowers

Lugansk Ukraine oblast economy

Lugansk oblast industry: highly developed mineral extraction - coal mining, extraction of natural gas and minerals for building industry; food-processing; consumer goods production and metal-working.

Lugansk oblast churches

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