Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (also Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian Дніпропетровська область / Dnipropetrowska oblast, Russian Днепропетровская область / Dnepropetrowskaja oblast ) is one of 25 administrative units ( oblast ) of Ukraine, to the east of the country. It has approximately 3.29 million inhabitants (2014).

The license plate for the Oblast is AE.

• 3.1 Extractive Industries
• 3.2 Heavy Industry
• 3.3 mechanical
• 3.4 Electricity Industry
• 3.5 Chemical industry
• 3.6 construction Industry

Administrative subdivision

The following data includes the number of each type of administrative division within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:

• Administrative center - 1 (Dnepropetrovsk )
• Rajone - 22;
• City Rajone - 18;
• Settlements - in 1504, including: Villages - 1368;
• Settlements - 68
• Urban-type settlements - 46;
• Cities - 20, including: City under Oblastverwaltung - 13;
• City under Rajonsverwaltung - 7;

These are divided administratively into:

• Rajonsräte ( районних рад ) - 22
• Councilors ( міських рад ) - 20
• Rajonsräte in cities ( районних рад у містах ) - 18
• Municipal councils: ( селищних рад ) - 40
• District municipalities ( Ukrainian " сільських рад " - merger of several villages into one administrative unit ) - 288

See also: Administrative divisions of Ukraine

Rajone the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Largest cities and settlements

Economy

The oblast is one of the industrial regions of Ukraine. About 17 % of the total Ukrainian industrial production are here generates, which corresponds to one-eighth of GDP. The economic core of the region is based on the so-called mining and metallurgical industry complex, which generates 40 % of Ukrainian production. 100 % of the Ukrainian manganese ore, 81 % of the total Ukrainian iron ore, 19 % of coal and 12% of the Ukrainian nitrogen fertilizer are reduced or produced here. In addition, the bulk of uranium is mined here in Europe. Energy producers in the region provide 12 billion kilowatt hours per year.

In addition, counts as shaped by large farms agriculture to the economic factors. Every year is 1.7 million tonnes of cereals, 618,000 t of sunflower, 156,000 tons of sugar beets and 1 million tonnes of fruits and vegetables were grown.

Within 7 years, the foreign trade turnover has quadrupled and exports more than tripled. Germany is one of the most important trading partner in the region.

Extractive industry

Here 40 different types of raw materials are mined, including large deposits of iron ore (mainly in Krywbass and Dnipropetrovsk ), nonferrous metals, uranium deposits (mainly in Krywbass ). Also, here Braun-/Steinkohle is degraded, there are deposits of rare minerals such as Anduoit, kaolin, rutile and zirconium.

Heavy industry

The good economic development of heavy industry in the region is based on the strong natural resources and transport links. Rich and easily accessible deposits of iron ore, especially in the Krywbass region, and the relative proximity to the Donbass region, with its rich coal deposits and the existing waterways provided for the easy access to the CIS countries and the economic prosperity. Below here many metal companies were settled, including KriwoRoschStal. In addition, the Interpipe Group is based here. The most important metallurgical combines are Severny GOK, Mittal Steel, Nico Tube, Dnijprowskij steel mills and Marganec GOK

Engineering

The engineering accounts for about six percent of industrial production. Mid-1940s here was built a gigantic industrial complex. Today, the oblast is the leader in mechanical engineering from the Ukraine, she was most recently involved with a little more than ten percent of the total Ukrainian production. The machinery in the region has mainly focused on the production of electrical equipment, agricultural vehicles and railway engineering. The largest engineering company in the region are: Dniprowaschmasch ( equipment for rolling mills ), Piwdenmasch (tractors, household appliances and space technology ) and Prodmasch.

Electricity industry

The electricity industry in the region is mainly based on the rich deposits of lignite / coal. The thermal power plants " Pridniprowskaja " and " Kriworischskaja " together generate 4,700 megawatts of electricity. In addition, there is a significant hydroelectric power plant on Dniprodserschynsker reservoir. The region produces about 8% of the country's generated electricity, thus it represents the second place among the regions of power generation.

Chemical Industry

The palette ranges of paints and fertilizers over colors to tires. In Dnipropetrovsk is, among other things Dnjeproschina, the largest in Europe producer of tires, home. 40 % of chemical production is sold abroad.

Construction industry

The boom had also reached the construction sector. In the region there are a dynamically growing market for a wide range of construction services with a large number of competitors. With different forms of financing more than 400,000 square meters were completed in 2006, which represents an increase of 107 % year on year.

In 5 years, industrial production has almost tripled from 37329.9 million UAH in 2003 to 101,979.9 million UAH in 2007.

In the oblast there are mechanical engineering, food industry, chemical industry and Stahlverhüttung.

In addition, Dnipropetrovsk was a closed city, as it was one of the centers of the Soviet space and defense industries and for Ukraine to this day.

Foreign Investment

Investment from Germany represent about 1/3 of the entire foreign investment in the region and the volume of trade with Germany increased in the first nine months of 2007 by 37 %

History

The area was regularly contested between the Russian Empire, Austria - Hungary and the Ottoman empire in history. (see also History of the Ukraine). On 27 February 1932, the Oblast was finally recreated in the course of administrative reform, which in turn created from the 1923 ( Okrug Katerinoslaw ) or 1926 ( Okrug Dnipropetrovsk ) okrugs was formed. By 1923, the area of ​​today Oblast was in existence since 1802 Gouvernement Jekaterinoslaw. The limits of 1932 created Oblast, however, were not comparable to those of today.

Geography

The area is located in the East European Plain and has many steppes, the Dnepr passes through the Oblast from the northwest directly towards Dnepropetrovsk and then in a southerly direction in the Zaporizhia Oblast. The oblast has a continental climate and good soils, making it agriculturally very productive. The oblast is bordered to the north by the Poltava Oblast, on the northeast by the Oblast Kharkiv, on the east by the Donetsk Oblast, on the southeast by the Zaporizhia Oblast, to the southwest by the Kherson Oblast, in the west on a shorter section of the Oblast Mykolaiv and in northwest on the Kirovohrad Oblast.

Demography

The population (as of 2012) of 3,324,535 million, which represents 5.3 % of the total Ukrainian population. According to 2001 census, the ethnic groups in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are as follows:

• Ukrainians - 79.3 %,
• Russians - 17.6 %,
• Belorussians - 0.8 %,
• Jews - 0.4 %,
• Armenians - 0.3 %,
• Azerbaijanis - 0.2 %,
• Moldovans - 0.12%,
• Sinti and Roma - 0.11%,
• Tatars - 0.11%,
• German - 0.11%,
• Other - 0.95%;

The groups according to mother tongue:

• Ukrainian - 67%,
• Russian - 32%,
• Other languages ​​- 1%.

Changes in the population groups with a share of > 0.2 % in the period 1989-2001: