Autonomous republics of Ukraine

Autonomous republic of Ukraine
Volyn Rivne Zhytomyr Kiev Khmel. Ternopil I.F. Zakarpattia Chernivtsi Vinnytsia Cherkasy Kirovohrad Mykolaiv Poltava Chernihiv Sumy Kharkiv Dnipropetrovsk Odessa Kherson Zaporizhia Donetsk Crimea Luhansk Azov Sea Black Sea Russia Belarus Poland Romania Moldova Lviv • • Dnieper
Category	Subdivision of a unitary state
Location	Ukraine
Created	1992
Number	1
Government	Supreme Council

Ukraine is administratively divided into 27 regions, one of which is an autonomous republic, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Its administrative status is recognized in the Ukrainian Constitution in Chapter X: Autonomous Republic of Crimea and is governed in accordance with laws passed by Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.^[1]

ISO code[2]	Name	Flag	Coat of arms	Status	Capital	Area (sq mi)	Population
UA-43	Autonomous Republic of Crimea			Autonomous Republic	Simferopol	10,038	1,966,801

List of former republics

In the past, there were two autonomous soviet socialist republics within the general administrative division of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Name	Time period	Flag	Coat of arms	Capital	Area (sq mi)	Population
Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic	1991–1992			Simferopol	10,070	2,183,000 (1989)
Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic	1924–1940			Chisinau (occupied)[3]	3,100	572,339 (1940)

References

1. Kuibida, Vasyl (18 November 2008). "The concept of reform of the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine. Project". Kyiv Regional Center for International Relations and Business (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 January 2013.
2. "Ukraine Regions". Statoids. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
3. Officially capital was the city of Chisinau, but temporarily the autonomous republic was governed at first from Balta, then Birzula, and finally - Tiraspol.

External links

• "Regions of Ukraine and their composition". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 January 2013.