1. Name

2. Geography

3. History

4. Politics

5. Administrative divisions
    Raions  Urban settlements  Cities of regional significance  Other urban settlements 

6. Demographics
    Religion  Age structure  Median age 

7. Economy

8. Culture
    Wooden churches 

9. See also

10. References

11. External links

Zakarpattia Oblast's local administration is controlled by the Zakarpattia Oblast Council (rada).

The oblast's governor (since July 2015 Hennadiy Moskal^[3]) is appointed by the President of Ukraine.

Administrative divisions

Zakarpattia Oblast is administratively subdivided into 13 raions (districts), as well as 5 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Berehove, Chop, Khust, Mukachevo, and the administrative centre of the oblast, Uzhhorod. There are a total of 7 cities, 19 towns, and more than 579 villages.

Zakarpattia Oblast incorporates four unofficial geographic-historic regions (counties): Ung, Bereg, Ugocsa and Northern Maramuresh. There is a project for a reform of the current administrative division of the Oblast^[23]

The oblast (region) is divided into 13 raions and five cities of regional importance including the administrative centre Uzhhorod. Administrative centres of raions may be located within a city of regional importance, while such city is not technically a part of the raion. A city of regional significance may consists of an individual populated place or be complex of several settlements (the city proper and suburbs) which are governed by own radas (councils).

Further each raion divided into radas (councils). Cities and towns (urban type settlements) all have own individual councils, while villages and rural settlements may be formed into multiple settlements councils or an individual village council. All cities are either of regional importance or of district importance.

Raions

There are 13 raions (districts) in the oblast:

1. Berehove Raion (54,062) w/o Berehove city
2. Irshava Raion (100,905)
3. Khust Raion (96,960) w/o Khust city
4. Mizhhiria Raion (49,890)
5. Mukachevo Raion (101.443) w/o Mukacheve city
6. Perechyn Raion (32,026)
7. Rakhiv Raion (90,945)
8. Svaliava Raion (54,869)
9. Tiachiv Raion (171,850)
10. Uzhhorod Raion (74,399) w/o Uzhhorod city and Chop city
11. Velykyi Bereznyi Raion (28,211)
12. Volovets Raion (25,474)
13. Vynohradiv Raion (117,957)

Urban settlements

Cities of regional significance

• Uzhhorod (116,400)
• Mukachevo (93,738)
• Khust (31,083)
• Berehove (Beregszász) (24,274)
• Chop (Csap) (8,436)

Other urban settlements

• Vynohradiv (Nagyszőlős) (27,600)
• Rakhiv (Rahó) (17,000)
• Svaliava (16,217)
• Tiachiv (Técső) (9,256)
• Mizhhiria (9,133)
• Irshava (9,000)
• Velykyy Bychkiv (8,920)
• Solotvyno (Slatina, Aknaszlatina) (8,774)
• Dubove (8,745)
• Velyki Luchky (8,540)
• Ilnytsia (8,420)
• Bushtyno (8,091)

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the population of Zakarpattia Oblast is 1,254,614.^[24] The current estimated population is {{Ua-pop-est2016|1,259,158}}. With the comparison of the last official Soviet Census of 1989 the total population grew by 0.7%.

Ukrainians and the 2001 Ukrainian Census, does not recognise ethnic Rusyns as a separate nationality, instead categorizing them as a subgroup of Ukrainians. Rusyns and the Rusyn language are thus included in the category of Ukrainians and Ukrainian language group are in the majority (80.5%),^[25] other ethnic groups are relatively numerous in Zakarpattia. The largest of these are Hungarians (12.1%), Romanians (2.6%), Russians (2.5%), Roma (1.1%), Slovaks (0.5%) and Germans (0.3%).^[25] The Ukrainian government does not recognize the Rusyn people living in that country as a distinct nationality but rather as an ethnic sub-group of Ukrainians. About 10,100 people (0.8%) identify themselves as Rusyns according to the last census.^[26]{{verification needed|date=January 2017}}

Out of 1,010,100 Ukrainians in the region, 99.2% (~1,002,019) identified their native language as Ukrainian, while about 0.5% (~5,051) consider their native language to be Russian. Out of 151,500 Hungarians, 97.1% (~147,107) consider their native language to be Hungarian, while about 2.6% (~3,939) consider their native language to be Ukrainian. Out of 32,100 Romanians, 99.1% (31,811) identified their native language to be Romanian, while 0.6% (~193) consider their language Ukrainian. Out of 31,000 Russians, 91.6% (28,396) identified their native language as Russian, while 8.1% (~2,511) consider their language Ukrainian. Out of 14,000 Romani peoples only 20.7% (2,898) identify their native language as Romani, while 62.9% (~8,806) consider their language Ukrainian or Russian. Out of 5,600 Slovaks 43.9% (2,458) identify their native language as Slovak, while 42.1% (~2,358) consider their language Ukrainian. Out of 3,500 Germans, 50.0% (1,750) acknowledge their native language, while 38.9% (~1,362) consider their language Ukrainian. About 81% of the oblast population considers the Ukrainian language their native language, while 12.7% of population gives consideration to the Hungarian language and just over 5% considers either the Russian or Romanian languages.

Around two thirds are Eastern Orthodox and around 25% Catholic. The largest denomination is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, followed by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church.^[27] Smaller religious groups include Roman Catholics and Protestants, which are largely associated with minority groups; Roman Catholics and Protestants tend to be Hungarian or local Ruthenian.

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Their languages and culture are respected by the provision of education, clubs, etc. in their respective languages. Those who recognize Ukrainian as their native language total 81.0% of the population, Hungarian — 12.7%, Russian — 2.9%, Romanian — 2.6%,^[24] and Rusyn — 0.5%^[28] Residents in seven of Mukachivskyi Raion's villages have the option to learn the Hungarian language in a school or home school environment.

Zakarpattia is home to approximately 14,000 ethnic Roma (Gypsies), the highest proportion of Roma in any oblast in Ukraine. The first Hungarian College in Ukraine is in Berehovo, the II. Rákoczi Ferenc College.

Beside the major ethnic groups, Zakarpattia is home to several ethnic sub-groups such as Boykos, Lemky, Hutsuls, and others.

Religion

According to a 2015 survey, 68% of the population of Zakarpattia Oblast adheres to Eastern Orthodoxy, while 19% are followers of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church and 7% are Roman Catholics. Protestants and unaffiliated generic Christians make up 1% and 3% of the population respectively. Only one percent of the population does not follow any religion.^[27]

The Orthodox community of Zakarpattia is divided as follows:

• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate - 42%
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate - 33%
• Non-denominational - 25%

Age structure

0-14 years: 19.1% {{increase}} (male 123,009/female 116,213)

15-64 years: 69.8% {{decrease}} (male 428,295/female 445,417)

65 years and over: 11.1% {{increase}} (male 48,826/female 89,800) (2013 official)

Median age

total: 35.1 years {{increase}}

male: 33.2 years {{increase}}

female: 37.1 years {{increase}} (2013 official)

Economy

Situated in the Carpathian Mountains, Zakarpattia Oblast's economy depends mostly on trans-border trade, vinery and forestry. The oblast is also home to a special economic zone.^[30][31]

The oblast's main industry includes woodworking. Other industries include food, light industry, and mechanical engineering. The foodstuffs segment in the structure of ware production of national consumption is 45%. The total number of large industrial organisations is 319, compared to 733 small industrial organisations.^[32]

The most common crops grown within the region include cereals, potatoes and other vegetables. In 1999, the total amount of grain produced was 175,800 tons, of sunflower seeds — 1,300 tons, and potatoes — 378,200 tons.^[32] The region also produced 76,100 tons of meat, 363,400 tons of milk and 241,900,000 eggs.^[32] The total amount of registered farms in the region was 1,400 in 1999.^[32]

Culture

Wooden churches

• Sredne Vodyane churches
• Verkhnye Vodyane church
• Danylovo church
• Kolodne church
• Krainykovo church
• Nyzhnie Selyshche church
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Oleksandrivka, Khust Raion|uk|3=Олександрівка (Хустський район)|lt=Oleksandrivka}} church
• Sokyrnytsia church

See also

• Carpathian Ruthenia, small historical region
• Carpatho-Ukraine, a short-lived Ukrainian state on the territory
• Ruthenians and Ukrainians in Czechoslovakia
• Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, museum displaying Zakarpattia architecture
• Eparchy of Mukačevo and Prešov
• Kárpátalja football team

References

Notes

External links

• carpathia.gov.ua — Official website of Zakarpattia Oblast Administration {{uk icon}}/{{en icon}}
• Zakarpattia Council official site {{uk icon}}
• Zaholovok — Zakarpattia actual news{{uk icon}}
• Zakarpattia essays — All about Zakarpattia and Ukraine
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015647/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=11.11.2006&rf7571=10949 Verkhovna Rada website] — Zakarpattia Oblast data
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018214635/http://48x24.com/home/go?lat=48.62120&lng=22.29710&zoom=13 Photos and infrastructure objects of Zakarpattia on interactive map (Ukrainian Navigational Portal)]
• News from Zakarpattia {{uk icon}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070404023619/http://all.zakarpattya.net/eng/begin.html all.zakarpattya.net] — All about Zakarpattia {{en icon}}/{{uk icon}}
• mukachevo.net — Zakarpattia Oblast informational portal {{uk icon}}
• map.meta.ua — Digital map of Zakarpattia Oblast {{uk icon}}
• Zakarpattia Oblast – photographs
• Dictionary of transcarpathian words {{uk icon}}

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