Poltava Ukraine oblast

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• overview
• administrative division
• economy

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Poltava Ukraine oblast overview

Poltava oblast coat of arms

Poltava oblast flag

Poltava oblast map location

Poltava oblast is an administrative and economic territorial unit. Poltava region was formed on September 22, 1937. Poltava oblast is distributed in a forest/steppe zone. Forests cover 7.4% of Poltava oblast territory.

Poltava oblast territory is crossed by 89 rivers with a total length of 5453 km. Dnepr river is the main water artery of Poltava oblast. All the rivers (Vorksla, Sula, Oril' being the longest ones) belong to the Dnepr basin and are its left tributaries. In the south and southwest Poltava oblast is washed by waters of Kremenchug and Dnieprodzerzhinsk water reservoirs.

Poltava oblast beautiful nature

There are many artificial water bodies and lakes in Poltava oblast of Ukraine. Their total area reaches 21 thousand hectares. The railway lines and developed network of motor roads cross Poltava oblast territory. The city of Poltava is the regional center with a population of 309,000 people.

Poltava Ukraine oblast population - 1,554,000 (2006).
Poltava Ukraine oblast land area - 28,748 sq. km.

Poltava oblast sceneries

Poltava oblast cows

Poltava Ukraine oblast administrative division

Poltava oblast includes 26 administrative districts and cities of regional subordination (the largest cities are Kremenchug, Lubny, Komsomolsk and Myrhorod), 17 towns and 1009 villages.

Poltava oblast views

Poltava oblast fair

Poltava Ukraine oblast economy

Poltava oblast industry: oil-extraction, food-processing, machine-building, ferrous metallurgy.

Poltava oblast agriculture: grains, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, potatoes, vegetables; cattle and poultry farming.

Poltava oblast churches

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