The 27 oblasts and special areas of Ukraine
Ukraine has 27 oblasts and special areas. This page lists all of them.
The table shows the English name first. The Ukrainian name is accepted as an answer too, and it appears in the second column.
English names and local names
The quiz shows English names, because that is what most players type. It accepts the Ukrainian name as well.
Accent marks do not matter. The quiz folds accents before it compares, so a name typed without them still counts.
Abbreviations are not accepted. A short code is ambiguous, and one code often matches the start of another name.
About the oblasts and special areas
An oblast is the largest unit of local government in Ukraine. Almost every oblast carries the name of its administrative center.
Crimea is an autonomous republic, and Kyiv and Sevastopol are cities with special status. The list covers Ukraine's internationally recognized borders.
Kyiv Oblast surrounds the capital, but the city of Kyiv governs itself.
All 27 oblasts and special areas
| Oblast | Also accepted |
|---|---|
| Cherkasy Oblast | Cherkasy |
| Chernihiv Oblast | Chernihiv |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | Chernivtsi |
| Crimea | Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Krym |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro |
| Donetsk Oblast | Donetsk |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Kharkiv |
| Kherson Oblast | Kherson |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Khmelnytskyi |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Kirovohrad, Kropyvnytskyi |
| Kyiv | Kyiv City, Kiev |
| Kyiv Oblast | Kiev Oblast, Kyivska |
| Luhansk Oblast | Luhansk, Lugansk |
| Lviv Oblast | Lviv |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | Mykolaiv |
| Odesa Oblast | Odesa, Odessa |
| Poltava Oblast | Poltava |
| Rivne Oblast | Rivne |
| Sevastopol | |
| Sumy Oblast | Sumy |
| Ternopil Oblast | Ternopil |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Vinnytsia |
| Volyn Oblast | Volyn |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Zakarpattia, Transcarpathia |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Zaporizhzhia, Zaporozhye |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | Zhytomyr |
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Sources
- Official Ukrainian names published by Ukraine.
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