Ukraine is comprised of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and 24 oblasts: Vinnitsa, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhitomir, Zakarpattya, Zaporizhzhya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnitsky, Cherkasy, Chernigiv, Chernivtsy.
The cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol have a special status set by the laws of Ukraine. Ukraine has 490 rayons (regions), 446 cities, 907 towns and 10,196 villages.
| Largest Cities |
|
| Kyiv |
2 797 500 |
| Kharkiv |
1 447 070 |
| Dnipropetrovsk |
1 007 200 |
| Donetsk |
978 625 |
| Odesa |
1 009 204 |
| Zaporizhya |
776 918 |
| Lviv |
733 989 |
| Mykolayiv |
498 700 |
| Luhansk |
469 368 |
Ukrainian territorial system is based on unity and integrity of national territory, combination of centralization and decentralization of state power, balance of social and economic development of regions taking into account their historical, economic, geographic and demographic features as well as ethnic and cultural traditions.
