Administrative Divisions
The oblast is subdivided into 20 raions (administrative districts). It consists of 6 municipalities, 13 cities, 24 towns, and more than 1,417 villages.
The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Kiev Oblast:
- Administrative Center – 1 (Khmelnytskyi)
- Raions — 20;
- City raions — 0;
- Settlements — 1452, including:
- Villages — 1415;
- Cities/Towns — 37, including:
- Urban-type settlement — 24;
- Cities — 13, including:
- Cities of oblast' subordinance — 6;
- Cities of raion subordinance — 7;
- Selsovets — 568.
The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.
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