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Constitution of Ukraine - Chapter IX

Territorial Structure of Ukraine

Article 132. The territorial structure of Ukraine is based on the principles of unity and indivisibility of the state territory, the combination of centralisation and decentralisation in the exercise of state power, and the balanced socio-economic development of r egions that takes into account their historical, economic, ecological, geographical and demographic characteristics, and ethnic and cultural traditions.

Article 133. The system of the administrative and territorial structure of Ukraine is composed of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, districts, cities, city districts, settlements and villages.
Ukraine is composed of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Vinnytsia Oblast, Volyn Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Luhansk Ob last, Lviv Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast and Chernihiv Oblast, and the Cities of Kyiv and Sevastop ol.
The Cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol have special status that is determined by the laws of Ukraine.

 

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Chapter I General Principles
Chapter II Human and Citizens' Rights, Freedoms and Duties
Chapter III Elections. Referendum
Chapter IV Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Chapter V President of Ukraine
Chapter VI Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Other Bodies of Executive Power
Chapter VII Procuracy
Chapter VIII Justice
Chapter IÕ Territorial Structure of Ukraine
Chapter Õ Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Chapter ÕI Local Self-Government
Chapter ÕII Constitutional Court of Ukraine
Chapter ÕIII Introducing Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine
Chapter XIV Final Provisions
 

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