Back Riwne-oblast Afrikaans مقاطعة ريفنا Arabic Óblast de Rivne AST Rovno vilayəti Azerbaijani Ровно өлкәһе Bashkir Ровенская вобласць Byelorussian Ровенская вобласьць BE-X-OLD Ровненска област Bulgarian Rivanjska oblast BS Província de Rivne Catalan
Rivne Oblast
Рівненська область | |
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| Rivnenska oblast[1] | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Рівненщина (Rivnenshchyna) | |
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| Coordinates: 50°44′N 26°21′E / 50.74°N 26.35°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Administrative center | Rivne |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Oleksandr Koval[2] |
| • Oblast council | 64 seats |
| • Chairperson | Andriy Karaush |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20,047 km2 (7,740 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 22nd |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • Total |  1,141,784 |
| • Rank | Ranked 20th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | ₴ 89 billion (€2.3 billion) |
| • Per capita | ₴ 77,599 (€2,000) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | +380-36 |
| ISO 3166 code | UA-56 |
| Raions | 16 |
| Cities (total) | 11 |
| • Regional cities | 4 |
| Urban-type settlements | 16 |
| Villages | 1003 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.722[5] high |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP19 |
| Website | www.rv.gov.ua |
Rivne Oblast (Ukrainian: Рівненська область, romanized: Rivnensʹka oblastʹ), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna (Ukrainian: Рівненщина, romanized: Rivnenščyna), is an oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of the region is 20,100 square kilometres (7,800 sq mi). Its population is: 1,141,784 (2022 estimate).[3]
Before its annexation by the Soviet Union during World War II, the region was part of the Second Polish Republic's Wołyń Voivodeship following the Polish–Soviet War. Previously it was part of the Volhynian Governorate.
The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is located in the oblast, near the city of Varash.
- ^ Syvak, Nina; Ponomarenko, Valerii; Khodzinska, Olha; Lakeichuk, Iryna (2011). Veklych, Lesia (ed.). Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use (PDF). scientific consultant Iryna Rudenko; reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa; translated by Olha Khodzinska. Kyiv: DerzhHeoKadastr and Kartographia. p. 20. ISBN 978-966-475-839-7. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Zelensky appoints new governors of Donetsk, Rivne oblasts". The Kyiv Independent. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Валовии регіональнии продукт".
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.