Nikolaev Ukraine oblast

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• overview
• administrative division
• economy

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Nikolaev Ukraine oblast overview

Nikolaev oblast coat of arms

Nikolaev oblast flag

Nikolaev oblast map location

Lands of Nikolaev (also spelled Mykolaiv) oblast spread out in the southern part of Ukraine, in the basin of the lower reach of Southern Bug river.

Nikolaev region borders on three administrative regions of Ukraine. In the south Nikolaev oblast territory occupies several hundred kilometers of the shoreline of Black Sea and its estuaries. Dniprovsko-Buzky, Buzky, Beresansky, and Tylygulsky estuaries cut deep inland and create a striking web of water stretches.

Nikolaev Ukraine oblast area - 24,600 sq. km.
Nikolaev Ukraine oblast population - 1,219,000 (2006).

Nikolaev oblast beautiful nature

The climate of Nikolaev oblast is moderate and continental with a mild low snow winter and a hot dry summer. Natural and climatic conditions of Nikolaev region are favorable for intensive high efficiency development of agriculture.

Occupying over 4.1% of Ukraine total area, Nikolaev oblast takes one of the lowest places in the density of population - 54.8 people per sq. km. As of 2006 year the population amounted to 2.6% of the total population of Ukraine. About 60% of urban population reside in Nikolaev city. Nikolaev is an administrative, industrial and cultural center of Nikolaev region.

Nikolaev oblast views

Nikolaev oblast scenery

Nikolaev Ukraine oblast administrative division

Nikolaev oblast includes 19 districts, 5 regional subordination towns, 20 town type villages and 919 rural settlements.

Nikolaev oblast sea view

Nikolaev Ukraine oblast economy

Nikolaev oblast industry: food processing, consumer goods industry, machine-building (incl. world level shipbuilding facilities and power engines).

Nikolaev oblast agriculture: grains, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables, sunflowers; cattle and poultry farming.

Favorable factors of the economic geographic location of Nikolaev oblast is its closeness to large industrial centers of Donetsk-Dnepr region and the outlet to Black Sea. This increases Nikolaev oblast significance in the territorial division of labor, the development of seaport facilities, of sea transport, recreation and travel facilities. They are of state and international importance.

Nikolaev oblast landscape

Nikolaev oblast church

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