Editing Chernivtsi Oblast (section)

{{Short description|Oblast (region) of Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Chernivtsi Oblast
| native_name        = Чернівецька область
| official_name      = Chernivetska oblast<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Syvak|first1=Nina|last2=Ponomarenko|first2=Valerii|last3=Khodzinska|first3=Olha|last4=Lakeichuk|first4=Iryna|date=2011|editor-last=Veklych|editor-first=Lesia |title=Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/Toponymic%20guidelines%20PDF/Ukraine/Verstka.pdf|page=20|access-date=2020-10-06|via=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]|publisher=Kartographia|location=Kyiv|isbn=978-966-475-839-7}}</ref>
| native_name_lang   = uk<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. -->
| other_name         = 
| nickname           = 
| settlement_type    = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| image_skyline      = 
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_flag         = Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast.svg
| flag_alt           = Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast
| image_shield       = Coat_of_Arms_of_Chernivtsi_Oblast.svg
| shield_alt         = Coat of arms of Chernivtsi Oblast
| image_map          = Chernivtsi in Ukraine.svg
| mapsize            = 275px
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|48.28|26.01|type:adm1st_region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{Flagu|Ukraine}}
| parts_type         = [[List of cities in Chernivtsi Oblast|Largest cities]]
| parts_style        = para
| p1                 = [[Chernivtsi]], [[Storozhynets]], [[Novodnistrovsk]]
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = August 9, 1940
| seat_type          = [[Administrative centre|Administrative center]]
| seat               = [[Chernivtsi]]
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = [[Governor of Chernivtsi Oblast|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Ruslan Zaparanyuk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4862022-43277|title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ No: 486/2022|language=uk|website=president.gov.ua|access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = [[Chernivtsi Oblast Council|Oblast council]]
| leader_name1       = 64 seats
| leader_title2      = Chairperson
| leader_name2       = Oleksiy Boyko (Independent)
| unit_pref          = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 8097
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_percent = 
| area_rank          = [[List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by area|Ranked 25th]]
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="ua2022estimate"/>
| population_total   = {{decrease}} 890457
| population_rank    = [[List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by population|Ranked 26th]]
| population_as_of   = 2022
| population_blank1_title = Annual growth
| population_blank1  = -0.4%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2023/05/zb_vrp_2021.xlsx|title=Валовии регіональнии продукт}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = ₴ 55 billion<br />(€1.4 billion)
| demographics1_title2 = Per capita
| demographics1_info2 = ₴ 61,088<br />(€1,600)
|blank5_name_sec1= [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2022)
|blank5_info_sec1 = 0.722<ref>{{Cite web|title= Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab |url= https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/UKR/?levels=1+4&years=2022&interpolation=0&extrapolation=0 |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en}}</ref><br />{{color|#0c0|high}}
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]s
| blank_info_sec1    = 11
| blank1_name_sec1   = [[List of cities in Chernivtsi Oblast|Cities]] (total)
| blank1_info_sec1   = 11
| blank2_name_sec1   = •&nbsp;[[City of regional significance (Ukraine)|Regional cities]]
| blank2_info_sec1   = 2
| blank3_name_sec1   = [[List of urban-type settlements in Ukraine by subdivision#Chernivtsi Oblast|{{nowrap|Urban-type settlements}}]]
| blank3_info_sec1   = 8
| blank4_name_sec1   = Villages
| blank4_info_sec1   = 398
| timezone1          = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset1        = +2
| timezone1_DST      = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +3
| postal_code_type   = [[Ukrainian postal codes|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 58-60xxx
| area_code_type     = [[Area code#Ukraine|Area code]]
| area_code          = [[Area code#Ukraine|+380-37]]
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:UA|UA-77]]
| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of Ukraine|Vehicle registration]]
| registration_plate = СЕ
| blank_name_sec2    = [[FIPS 10-4]]
| blank_info_sec2    = [[List of FIPS region codes (S-U)#UP: Ukraine|UP03]]
| blank1_name_sec2   = [[NUTS statistical regions of Ukraine]]
| blank1_info_sec2   = UA74
| website            = [https://bukoda.gov.ua bukoda.gov.ua]<br />[https://oblrada.cv.ua oblrada.cv.ua]
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Chernivtsi Oblast''' ({{langx|uk|Чернівецька область|Chernivetska oblast}}), also referred to as '''Chernivechchyna''' ({{langx|uk|Чернівеччина|label=none}}), is an [[Oblasts of Ukraine|oblast]] (province) in western [[Ukraine]], consisting of the northern parts of the historical regions of [[Bukovina]] and [[Bessarabia]]. It has an international border with [[Romania]] and [[Moldova]]. The region spans {{convert|8,100|km2}}. The oblast is the smallest in Ukraine both [[List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by area|by area]] [[List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by population|and population.]] It has a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|890,457|,}} and its administrative center is the city of [[Chernivtsi]].

In 1408, Chernivtsi was a town in [[Moldavia]] and the chief centre of the area known as Bukovina. Chernivtsi later passed to the Turks and then in 1774 to the [[Habsburg monarchy]]. After [[World War I]], it was ceded to Romania, and in 1940, the town was acquired by the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]].

The oblast has a large variety of landforms: the [[Carpathian Mountains]] and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the [[Dniester]] and [[Prut]] rivers.