Zakarpattia Oblast
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| Zakarpats'ka Oblast' Закарпатська область | |
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| Missing image Map_of_Ukraine_political_simple_Oblast_Transkarpatien.png Location of Zakarpattia Oblast | |
| Missing image Zakarpattia_oblast_detail_map.png Detailed map of Zakarpattia Oblast | |
| Population Total (2004) Density Urban | 1,249,663 98/km² 37.0% |
| Area | 12,800 km² |
| Raions | 13 |
| Cities | 10 |
| City districts | n/a |
| Urban localities | 20 |
| Villages | 579 |
Zakarpattia Oblast or Transcarpathian Oblast (Template:Lang-ua; Kárpátalja in Hungarian) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its capital is Uzhhorod. Other important cities are Mukacheve and Chop (the border town housing various transportation infrastructure).
Earlier history of the area is elaborated at Carpathian Ruthenia, a former name for the geographic region.
Although ethnic Ukrainians (rather Ruthenians) are in majority here, other ethnic groups are relatively numerous in Zakarpattia. The largest of those are Hungarians, Romanians, Russians and Slovaks. Their languages and culture are respected by providing national school education, clubs etc. Zakarpattia is home to approximately 25,000 ethnic Roma (otherwise known as gypsies, the largest population of Roma in Ukraine).
The area of the region is 12,800 km²; its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.2 million people.
Zakarpattia's economy depends mostly on trans-border trade, vinery and forestry.
See also
| Subdivisions of Ukraine | 
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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 | ||
cs:Zakarpatská oblast de:Oblast Transkarpatien es:Zakarpattya (región) fr:Ruthénie pl:Obwód zakarpacki ro:Transcarpatia uk:Закарпатська область