Kherson Oblast

Kherson Oblast, also known as Khersonshchyna, is an oblast in southern . It is located just north of . Its administrative center is , on the northern or right bank of the river, which bisects the oblast.
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  • Type: State with 1,000,000 residents
  • Description: oblast (region) of Ukraine
  • Also known as: Kherson”, “Kherson Oblast (Ukraine)”, “Kherson Region”, and “Khersonshchyna

Kherson Oblast

Latitude
46.5422° or 46° 32′ 32″ north
Longitude
33.4079° or 33° 24′ 29″ east
Population
1,000,000
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Open location code
8GRMGCR5+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 681769596
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
706442
Wiki­data ID
Q163271
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kherson Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Cherson-oblast
  • Albanian: Rajoni i Hersonit
  • Albanian: Rajoni i Kersonit
  • Arabic: خيرسون أوبلاست
  • Arabic: مقاطعة خيرسون
  • Armenian: Խերսոնի մարզ
  • Asturian: Óblast de Kherson
  • Azerbaijani: Xerson vilayəti
  • Bashkir: Херсон өлкәһе
  • Basque: Khersoneko oblasta
  • Basque: Khersongo oblasta
  • Belarusian: Херсонская вобласць
  • Belarusian: Херсонская вобласьць
  • Belarusian: Хэрсонская вобласьць
  • Bengali: খেরসন ওব্লাস্ট
  • Bosnian: Hersonska oblast
  • Breton: Oblast C’herson
  • Bulgarian: Херсонска област
  • Catalan: Khersónsxina
  • Catalan: óblast de Kherson
  • Catalan: Óblast de Kherson
  • Catalan: província de Kherson
  • Catalan: Província de Kherson
  • Cebuano: Khersons’ka Oblast‘
  • Cebuano: Khersons’ka Oblast’
  • Central Kurdish: خێرسۆن ئۆبلاست
  • Chechen: Херсонан область
  • Chinese: Kherson Chiu
  • Chinese: 赫尔松州
  • Chinese: 赫松州
  • Chinese: 赫爾松州
  • Crimean Tatar: Herson vilâyeti
  • Croatian: Hersonska oblast
  • Czech: Chersonská oblast
  • Danish: Kherson oblast
  • Danish: Khersonska oblast
  • Dimli (individual language): Xerson
  • Dutch: Cherson
  • Dutch: Oblast Cherson
  • Eastern Mari: Херсон вел
  • Erzya: Херсононь ёнкс
  • Esperanto: Ĥersona provinco
  • Estonian: Hersoni oblast
  • Finnish: H’ersonin alue
  • Finnish: Hersonin alue
  • French: Oblast de Kherson (Ukraine)
  • French: oblast de Kherson
  • French: Oblast de Kherson
  • Georgian: ხერსონი
  • Georgian: ხერსონის ოლქი
  • German: Oblast Cherson
  • German: UA-65
  • Greek: Όμπλαστ Χερσώνας
  • Gujarati: ખેર્સન ઓબ્લાસ્ટ
  • Hebrew: חרסון
  • Hebrew: מחוז חרסון
  • Hindi: खेरसॉन ओब्लास्ट
  • Hindi: खेर्सौन ओब्लास्ट
  • Hungarian: Herszoni terület
  • Icelandic: Khersonfylki
  • Ido: Provinco Herson
  • Indonesian: Oblast Kherson
  • Irish: Cúige Kherson
  • Italian: Oblast di Cherson
  • Italian: Oblast di Kherson
  • Italian: oblast‘ di Cherson
  • Italian: Oblast‘ di Cherson
  • Italian: Oblast’ di Cherson
  • Italian: Provincia di Kherson
  • Japanese: ヘルソーン州
  • Japanese: ヘルソン州
  • Kannada: ಖೆರ್ಸೋನ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್
  • Kazakh: Херсон облысы
  • Kirghiz: Херсон облусу
  • Korean: 헤르손주
  • Kotava: UkrainaXersonWinka
  • Kurdish: Oblasta Xersonê
  • Ladin: Kherson Oblast
  • Ladin: Oblast de Herson
  • Latin: Regio Chersonensis
  • Latvian: Hersonas apgabals
  • Lithuanian: Chersono sritis
  • Lithuanian: Chersonska oblast
  • Lombard: Oblast de Cherson
  • Luxembourgish: Oblast Cherson
  • Macedonian: Херсонска Област
  • Malay: Oblast Kherson
  • Manx: Queiggey Kherson
  • Marathi: खेर्सन ओब्लास्त
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kherson oblast‘
  • Min Nan Chinese: Xerson séng
  • Mingrelian: ხერსონიშ ოლქი
  • Moksha: Хэрсононь аймак
  • Mongolian: Херсон муж
  • Northern Frisian: Cherson
  • Northern Luri: خرسون
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kherson oblast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kherson oblast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Khersonska oblast
  • Norwegian: Kherson oblast
  • Occitan (post 1500): Óblast de Kherson
  • Ossetian: Херсоны облæст
  • Persian: استان خرسون
  • Polish: obwód chersoński
  • Polish: Obwód chersoński
  • Portuguese: Kherson
  • Portuguese: Oblast de Kherson
  • Portuguese: Oblast de Quérson
  • Romanian: regiunea Herson
  • Romanian: Regiunea Herson
  • Russian: Херсонская область
  • Rusyn: Херсоньска область
  • Scots: Kherson Oblast
  • Scottish Gaelic: Khersonska Oblast
  • Serbian: Hersonska oblast
  • Serbian: Херсонска област
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hersonska oblast
  • Silesian: Chersůński uobwůd
  • Sinhala: කෙර්සොන් ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovak: Chersonská oblasť
  • Slovenian: Hersonska oblast
  • South Azerbaijani: خرسون اوبلاستی
  • Spanish: Jersón
  • Spanish: Oblast de Jerson
  • Spanish: Óblast de Jerson
  • Spanish: Óblast de Jersón
  • Spanish: Oblast de Kherson
  • Spanish: Óblast de Kherson
  • Swedish: Cherson oblast
  • Swedish: Chersonsjtjyna
  • Swedish: Chersonska oblast
  • Swedish: Kherson Oblast
  • Tajik: Вилояти Херсон
  • Talysh: Xerson əyalət
  • Talysh: Xersoni vilojət
  • Tamil: கெர்சன் மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: க்ஹெர்சோன் ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்
  • Tatar: Херсон өлкәсе
  • Telugu: ఖెర్సన్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్
  • Thai: แคว้นแคร์ซอน
  • Turkish: Herson Bölgesi
  • Turkish: Herson Oblastı
  • Turkish: Kherson Oblastı
  • Ukrainian: Херсонська область
  • Ukrainian: Херсонщина
  • Urdu: خیرسون اوبلاست
  • Uzbek: Xerson viloyati
  • Vietnamese: Kherson
  • Vietnamese: Vùng Kherson
  • Volapük: Qärson (provin)
  • Volapük: Qärson
  • Waray (Philippines): Kherson Oblast
  • Western Panjabi: خیرسون اوبلاست
  • Wu Chinese: 赫尔松州
  • Yakut: Херсон уобалас
  • Yakut: Херсон уобалаһа
  • Yiddish: כערסאנ גובערניע
  • Yiddish: כערסאנער גובערניע
  • Yiddish: כערסאנשטשינא
  • Yue Chinese: 赫爾松州

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