Mykolaiv Oblast


Mykolaiv Oblast, also known as Nikolaev or Nikolayev Oblast, is an oblast of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv. Population:

Geography

The Mykolaiv Oblast is located in the southern half of Ukraine. Its area, comprises about 4.07% of the total area of Ukraine.
The Mykolaiv Oblast borders upon the Odessa Oblast in the west-southwest, the Kirovohrad Oblast in the north, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the northeast, and the Kherson Oblast on the southeast.
To the south, the oblast is also bordered by the Black Sea. To Mykolaiv Oblast belong Kinburn Peninsula, Berezan Island in Black Sea, Pervomaisky Island in Dnieper Estuary.
In regards to relief, Mykolaiv Oblast is a plain that gently slopes in southern direction. Bigger portion of the territory lays within Black Sea Lowland. To the north there are spurs of Podolian and Dnieper uplands. Among major valuable deposits and minerals there are nickel, uranium ores, granite, gneiss, quartzites.
The climate is moderately continental with a mild winter of small snow amount and hot arid summer.
On territory of the region are 85 rivers that belong to basin of the Black Sea. Among main there are Southern Bug, Inhulets, and Berezan.

Points of interest

The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine or Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine.
The current estimated population is 1.2 million people. The greater part of the oblast's population resides in urban type settlements, with the remainder residing in agricultural areas. Also, almost 60% of the urban population resides in Mykolayiv, the industrial, cultural and administrative center of Mykolayiv Oblast.
The oblast's population density is one of the lowest in Ukraine – 52 people per 1 km². The oblast' is ranked 18 by the percentage of the population of Ukraine, that the Mykolaiv Oblast contain, which is 2.6%.

Age structure

Median age

Ethnicity, language and citizenship

The oblast has a multi-ethnic composition; people of more than 100 ethnicities live in the oblast. The most common language in the oblast is Ukrainian; the second most common language is Russian. In the city of Mykolaiv the most common language is Russian.
At the time of the 2001 census, the oblast had 1,269,900 permanent residents. Of these:
Mykolaiv Oblast formed in September 1937. It is subdivided into 19 raions, and 4 municipalities which are directly subordinate to the oblast government.
NameUkrainian NameArea
Population
census 2015		Admin.centerUrban Population Only
MykolaivМиколаїв 260493,860Mykolaiv 493,860
PervomaiskПервомайськ 2566,677Pervomaisk 66,677
VoznesenskВознесенськ 2335,520Voznesensk 35,520
YuzhnoukrainskЮжноукраїнськ 2440,353Yuzhnoukrainsk 40,353
Arbuzynka RaionАрбузинський 96920,198Arbuzynka8,543
Bashtanka RaionБаштанський 1,70637,721Bashtanka12,640
Berezanka RaionБерезанський 1,37823,409Berezanka4,120
Bereznehuvate RaionБерезнегуватський 1,26420,387Bereznehuvate7,742
Bratske RaionБратський 1,12918,037Bratske5,325
Domanivka RaionДоманівський 1,45825,500Domanivka6,137
Kazanka RaionКазанківський 1,34919,745Kazanka7,207
Kryve Ozero RaionКривоозерський 81424,905Kryve Ozero7,823
Mykolaiv RaionМиколаївський 1,43030,448Mykolaiv N/A *
Novyi Buh RaionНовобузький 1,24331,199Novyi Buh15,566
Nova Odesa RaionНовоодеський 1,42833,602Nova Odesa12,108
Ochakiv RaionОчаківський 1,50029,949Ochakiv14,489
Pervomaisk RaionПервомайський 1,31930,275Pervomaisk N/A *
Snihurivka RaionСнігурівський 1,35040,420Snihurivka12,870
Veselynove RaionВеселинівський 1,24523,161Veselynove8,060
Vitovka RaionВітовській 1,46050,565Mykolaiv N/A *
Voznesensk RaionВознесенський 1,39230,562Voznesensk N/A *
Vradiivka RaionВрадіївський 80117,611Vradiivka8,391
Yelanets RaionЄланецький 1,01815,530Yelanets4,912
Total OblastМиколаївська 24,5851,159,634791,227

Note: Asterisks Though the administrative center of the rayon is housed in the city/town that it is named after, cities do not answer to the rayon authorities only towns do; instead they are directly subordinated to the oblast government and therefore are not counted as part of rayon statistics.
At a lower level of administration, these district-level administrations are subdivided into:
The local administration of the oblast is controlled by the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast is the Mykolaiv Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.

Infrastructure and economy

During the 1991 referendum, 89.45% of votes in Mykolaiv Oblast were in favor of the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine. A survey conducted in December 2014 by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology found 2.1% of the oblast's population supported their region joining Russia, 95.5% did not support the idea, and the rest were undecided or did not respond.