Sumy Ukraine oblast

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• overview
• administrative division
• economy

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Sumy Ukraine oblast overview

Sumy oblast coat of arms

Sumy oblast flag

Sumy oblast map location

Sumy oblast is situated in the northeast part of Ukraine. On the North and the East Sumy region borders on the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod oblasts of Russia. On the South, the southeast and the West Sumy oblast borders on the Kharkiv, Poltava and Chernigov oblasts of Ukraine.

Sumy oblast was established on January 10, 1939. Sumy oblast center is the city of Sumy founded four centuries ago. Sumy city boasts high tech industrial works, unique cathedrals with beautiful fountains, institutions of higher learning, nice recreation areas.

Sumy oblast landscapes

Sumy oblast is rich in mineral resources. Among them are oil (30.5% of the total oil reserves of Ukraine) and natural gas.

About 165 rivers flow through Sumy oblast with the total length of 5444 km. All of them belong to Dnepr River basin. Desna, Seim and Sula are the biggest rivers of Sumy region. The water of these rivers is used for local foundry production, for chemical and textile industries.

The forest area accounts for 387 thou.ha. There are different kinds of woods in local forests of Sumy oblast.

Sumy Ukraine oblast population - 1,226,500 (2006).
Sumy Ukraine oblast land area - 23,800 sq. km.

Sumy oblast view

Sumy oblast scenery

Sumy Ukraine oblast administrative division

Sumy oblast includes 7 towns of the oblast subordination and 18 districts, 20 towns of the district subordination, 20 settlements of urban type and 1456 villages.

Sumy Ukraine oblast economy

Sumy oblast industry: machine-building (production of agricultural, chemical, oil-extracting, medical, printing machinery and electronic appliances); food-processing, oil-extraction, chemical and petrochemical industry.

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

Sumy oblast church

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