Kyivs'ka oblast'
| Kyivs’ka oblast’ Київська область 
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| capital | Kyiv |
| established | 1939-12-04 |
| population total | 1,789,259 |
| area | 28,100 km˛ |
| raions cities city districts urban-type localities villages | 25 25 - 30 1,129 |
Kyivs’ka oblast’ (Київська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast' (province) in northern Ukraine. Its capital is Kyiv. Despite hosting governing bodies of the province, Kyiv itself is independent from surrounding oblast' (being a municipality). The Russian name of the region is Kievskaya oblast' (since the city is called Kiev in Russian), a variant which is more familiar to readers in the West.
Geographically, the province is divided into two almost equal parts by the Dnipro River flowing southwards.
The north-western end of the province is a part of a closed devastated zone around the former nuclear plant of Chornobyl. The largest city within zone is Pryp'yat (now a ghost town).
The area of the region is 28,100 km˛. Its population, excluding Kyiv itself, (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.8 million.
Important cities include:
- Bila Tserkva
- Brovary
- Boryspil'
- Irpin'-Kotsiubyns'ke-Bucha-Vorzel' (these neighboring towns are practically merged into conurbation)
- Fastiv
- Vasyl'kiv
| Subdivisions of Ukraine | 
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| oblasts: | Cherkas'ka | Chernihivs'ka | Chernivets'ka | Dnipropetrovs'ka | Donets'ka | Ivano-Frankivs'ka | Kharkivs'ka | Khersons'ka | Khmel'nyts'ka | Kirovohrads'ka | Kyivs'ka | Luhans'ka | L'vivs'ka | Mykolayivs'ka | Odes'ka | Poltavs'ka | Rivnens'ka | Sums'ka | Ternopil's'ka | Vinnyts'ka | Volyns'ka | Zakarpats'ka | Zaporiz'ka | Zhytomyrs'ka | ||
| autonomous republic: | Crimea | ||
| cities with special status: | Kyiv | Sevastopol | ||
de: Oblast Kiew es: Kiev (región) uk: Київська область