Poltava Oblast
oblast of Ukraine
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Poltava Oblast is an administrative area in Ukraine. It was established on September 22, 1937. The oblast's capital is the city of Poltava.
Poltava has a population of approximately 1.4 million as of 2022[1].
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ukraine[3]
- Country: Ukraine[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Dnieper[5]
- Head of government: Oleh Syniehubov[6]
- Capital: Poltava[7]
- Shares border with: Chernihiv Oblast[8], Sumy Oblast[9], Kyiv Oblast[10], Cherkasy Oblast[11], Kirovohrad Oblast[12], Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[13], Kharkiv Oblast[14]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Kremenchuk Raion[15], Lubny Raion[16], Myrhorod Raion[17], Poltava Raion[18]
- Flag: flag of Poltava Oblast[19]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Poltava Oblast[20]
- Postal code: 36000–38999[21]
- Part of: Left-bank Ukraine[22]
- Commons category: Poltava Oblast[23]
- Licence plate code: BI[24], НІ[25]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[26], UTC+03:00[27]
- Local dialing code: 53[28]
- Inception: September 22, 1937[29]
- Official website: http://www.oblrada.pl.ua[30], http://www.adm-pl.gov.ua/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Poltava Oblast[32]
- Population: 1,426,800[33], 1,413,829[34], 1,352,283[35], 1,458,205[36], 1,630,092[37], 1,753,030[38], 1,741,357[39], 1,706,217[40], 1,637,130[41], 1,890,000[42], 1,477,195[43], 1,524,902[44], 1,572,483[45], 1,705,400[46]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47]
- Topic has template: Template:Poltava Oblast[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Poltava Oblast[49]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Poltava Oblast[50]
- Native label: Полтавська область[51]
- Category for people buried here: Q7977633[52]
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Physical Characteristics
Poltava Oblast covers an area of 28,748 km²[53].
Why It Matters
Poltava Oblast has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]