Central Ukraine
Oblast Area in km Population ( Census 2001 ) Population ( 1 Jan. 2012 )
Cherkasy Oblast 20,916 1,402,969 1,277,303
Chernihiv Oblast 31,903 1,245,260 1,088,509
Kiev Oblast ( excluding Kiev city ) 28,121 1,827,894 1,719,558
Kiev City 836 2,611,327 2,814,258
Kirovohrad Oblast 24,588 1,133,052 1,002,420
Poltava Oblast 28,750 1,630,092 1,477,195
Sumy Oblast 23,832 1,299,746 1,152,333
Vinnytsia Oblast 26,492 1,772,371 1,634,187
Zhytomyr Oblast 29,827 1,389,466 1,273,199
Total 215,265 14,312,177 13,438,962
Oblasts ( Administrative provinces )
Central Ukraine (, Tsentralna Ukrayina) consists of historic regions of left-bank Ukraine and right-bank Ukraine that reference to the Dnieper river. It is situated away from the Black Sea Littoral North and a midstream of Dnieper river and its basin.