Regions
| Region | Population (thousands) |
Overlaping 1918–1939 regions of the Second Polish Republic |
Population (thousands) |
Area (km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chernivtsi Oblast | 922.8 | Kingdom of Romania (see map) | 8,097 | |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 1,409.8 | Stanisławowskie | 1,480.3 | 13,900 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 1,430.8 | USSR since 1921 Treaty of Riga | 20,645 | |
| Lviv Oblast | 2,626.5 | Lwowskie (north/east) | (tot.) 3,126.3 | 21,833 |
| Rivne Oblast | 1,173.3 | Równe/Kostopol/Sarny counties | 593.7 | 20,047 |
| Ternopil Oblast | 1,142.4 | Tarnopolskie | 1,533.5 | 13,823 |
| Volyn Oblast | 1,060.7 | Wołyńskie (western half) | (tot.) 2,085.6 | 20,144 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | 1,258.3 | Lwowskie (southern part) | 12,777 | |
| Total | 11,024.6 | 131,266 |
The west Ukraine is the only territory which regions named after historic regions instead of their administrative centers. Note that sometimes Khmelnytsky region is considered a part of the central Ukraine as it is mostly lies within the western Podillya.
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Famous quotes containing the word regions:
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“We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.”
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)