24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast' status**: Cherkas'ka (Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka (Chernihiv), Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi), Dnipropetrovs'ka (Dnipropetrovs'k), Donets'ka (Donets'k), Ivano-Frankivs'ka (Ivano-Frankivs'k), Kharkivs'ka (Kharkiv), Khersons'ka (Kherson), Khmel'nyts'ka (Khmel'nyts'kyy), Kirovohrads'ka (Kirovohrad), Kyyiv**, Kyyivs'ka (Kiev), Luhans'ka (Luhans'k), L'vivs'ka (L'viv), Mykolayivs'ka (Mykolayiv), Odes'ka (Odesa), Poltavs'ka (Poltava), Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Rivnens'ka (Rivne), Sevastopol'**, Sums'ka (Sumy), Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil'), Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka (Luts'k), Zakarpats'ka (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), and Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr). Oblasts have the administrative center name following in parentheses, when using a place name with an adjectival ending 's'ka' or 'z'ka'; the word Oblast' should be added to the place name.
note: the United States does not recognize Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol, nor their redesignation as the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol
Population:
48,396,470 (July 2002 est.)
Languages:
Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Geographic coordinates:
49° 00' N, 32° 00' E
Area total:
603,700 sq. km
Land area:
603,700 sq. km
Water area:
0 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
4,663 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km
Coastline:
2,782 km
Elevation extremes:
Black Sea 0 m - Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
Internet country code:
.ua
Currency:
hryvnia (UAH)
Name - conventional long form:
none
Name - conventional short form:
Ukraine
Name - local long form:
none
Name - local short form:
Ukrayina
Former name:
Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic