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Lviv Oblast ( Ukrainian: Львівська область, romanized : Lvivska oblast, IPA: [ˈlʲwiu̯sʲkɐ ˈɔblɐsʲtʲ] ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( Ukrainian: Львівщина, IPA: [ˈlʲwiu̯ʃtʃɪnɐ] ), [a] is an oblast in western Ukraine. The capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is 2,478,133 ...
- 21,833 km² (8,430 sq mi)
- Ukraine
Until 18 July 2020, Lviv was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Lviv Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Lviv Municipality was merged into the newly established Lviv Raion.
- +380 32(2)
- 1256
- 296 m (971 ft)
- Ukraine
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Drohobych Oblast existed from 1939–1941 and 1944–1959 (under German occupation, it was merged into Lviv Oblast) Crimean Oblast (1954–1991) was transformed into Crimean ASSR; Renamed. Stalino Oblast was the name of Donetsk Oblast 1938–41 and 1943–61 (created out of the united Donetsk Oblast 1932–38, German occupation 1941–43)
NameExecutive(governor)Executive(current Governor)Legislature(oblast Council)- Oblast State Administration, Oblast Council
- Ukraine
- 24 (as of 1991)
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Administrative divisions until 2020. Raions of Lviv Oblast as of June 2020. The city of Lviv is shown in dark blue. Before July 2020, Lviv Oblast was subdivided into 29 regions: 20 districts ( raions) and 9 city municipalities ( mis'krada or misto ), officially known as territories governed by city councils. [4]
Hromada (громада)TypeCenterRaionBelzurbanBibrkaurbanBiskovychiruralBoryniasettlementThe old town of Lviv. Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів ⓘ, L’viv; Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg or Leopoldstadt [citation needed] (archaic); Yiddish: לעמבערג; Russian: Львов, romanized: Lvov, see also other names) is an administrative center in western Ukraine with more than a millennium of history as a settlement, and over seven centuries as a city.
Lviv is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of 717,273. It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia.
