Kherson Oblast - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of the Kherson Oblast:

• Administrative Center – 1 (Kherson)
• Raions – 18;
• City raions – 3;
• Settlements – 697, including:
  • Villages – 658;
  • Cities/Towns – 39, including:
    • Urban-type settlement – 30;
    • Cities – 9, including:
      • Cities of oblast' subordinance – 3;
      • Cities of raion subordinance – 6;
• Selsovets – 260.

The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Kherson Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Kherson Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.