Luhansk Oblast
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| Luhans'ka oblast' Луганська область | |
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| Missing image Map_of_Ukraine_political_simple_Oblast_Luhansk.png Location of Luhansk Oblast | |
| Missing image Luhansk_oblast_detail_map.png Detailed map of Luhansk Oblast | |
| Population Total (2004) Density | 2,461,506 93/km² |
| Area | 26,700 km² |
| Raions | 18 |
| Cities | 37 |
| City districts | 4 |
| Urban localities | 109 |
| Villages | 792 |
Luhansk Oblast (Луганська область, Luhans’ka oblast’ or Луганщина, Luhanshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. Its capital is Luhans'k. The population is largely Russian-speaking.
The area of the region is 26,700 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 2.5 million.
On November 26, 2004 the Luhansk Oblast declared its autonomy and asked to be admitted into the Russian Federation.
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| oblasts: | Cherkasy | Chernihiv | Chernivtsi | Dnipropetrovsk | Donetsk | Ivano-Frankivsk | Kharkiv | Kherson | Khmelnytskyi | Kirovohrad | Kiev | Luhansk | Lviv | Mykolaiv | Odessa | Poltava | Rivne | Sumy | Ternopil | Vinnytsia | Volyn | Zakarpattia | Zaporizhia | Zhytomyr | ||
| autonomous republic: | Crimea | ||
| cities with special status: | Kiev | Sevastopol | ||
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