Lviv Oblast
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Львівська область L’vivs’ka oblast’ | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Administrative center | Lviv |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Maksym Kozytsky[1] |
| • Oblast council | 84 seats |
| • Chairperson | Oleksandr Hanushchyn |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21,833 km2 (8,430 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 17th |
| Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total |  2,534,174 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | UA-46 |
| Raions | 20 |
| Cities (total) | 44 |
| • Regional cities | 9 |
| Urban-type settlements | 34 |
| Villages | 1849 |
| FIPS 10-4 | UP15 |
| Website | www.loda.gov.ua |
Lviv Oblast (Ukrainian: Львівська область) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The administrative centre is Lviv. The population of Lviv Oblast was 2,537,000 in 2013.[2]
Lviv Oblast Media
19th-century view of Belz, one of the oldest towns in the region
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Ukrainian was the native language for over 95% of Lviv Oblast's population: it was the dominant language in all of the city, town, and village councils of the oblast except one: Lypnyky, where Polish was the majority language.
Drohobych, the second largest city in Lviv Oblast
Truskavets, a small resort town in the Carpathian foothills.
Street in Stryi - a small town in Lviv oblast
Half-timbered old villa in the Carpathian foothills in Stryi Raion
Raions of Lviv Oblast as of August 2020
Kingdom of Galicia, administrative, 1914
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References
- ↑ Zelensky introduces new head of Lviv Regional State Administration, Ukrinform (6 February 2020)
- ↑ Lviv OblastUkraineTrek.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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