Regions and Cities of Ukraine

Kherson Region

The Kherson Region is situated in the south of Ukraine, the zone of steppes, which reaches the Dnieper.

The territory of the region is situated on the Black Sea Lowland. The area is 28, 500 km 2.

The population is more than 1, 000, 000 people.

Administrative division: the area consists of 18 rural districts and 3 municipal districts in the Kherson-city.

The region has 9 cities, 3 of them are regional subordinates, 30 towns and many villages.

There are more than 50 nationalities in the region. The share of the Ukrainians is the biggest.

Agricultural-climatic conditions: the region is divided into 6 zones: cereals and industrial crops are cultivated in

the northern and eastern areas, vegetable-growing, gardening, vinegrowing are cultivated in the southern and

central areas.

The last years are characterised by the basic tendency of the land transmission to the farmers and population.

The public sector remains the main producer of the agricultural production.

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