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Poltavs'ka oblast'
| Poltavs’ka oblast’ Полтавська область | |
|---|---|
| capital | Poltava |
| population total | 1,584,446 |
| area | 28,800 km² |
| raions cities city districts urban-type localities villages | 25 15 5 21 1,831 |
Poltavs’ka oblast’ (Полтавська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast' (province) of central Ukraine. Its capital is Poltava.
The province is a center of Ukraine's oil and natural gas industry, with many wells and pipelines situated here. There is a major oil refinery plant in the city of Krementchuk. Important iron ore processing facilities also present.
It is believed that normalized Ukrainian has been based on 19th century local peasant dialect. But now at least half of the province' population speaks either Russian or its mixture with Ukrainian named Surzhyk. It was mostly a result of industry-related immigration and Russification.
The area of the province is 28,800 km²; its population (as of 2005-05-01 ) is 1.6 million people.
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