Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in Ukrainian Zaporizka oblast, is an oblast or region in south-east Ukraine whose administrative centre is the city of Zaporizhzhia. The English Wikipedia article gives its area as 27,183 square kilometres and its population as 1,638,462 in a 2022 estimate. It lies partly in the Zaporizhzhia region to the north and the Pryazovia region to the south, and includes roughly 150 kilometres of the Sea of Azov coastline. The oblast is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture. It is divided into five raions, and most of its area, including all of the coast, has been under Russian military occupation since the 2022 invasion, although the capital and most of the population remain under Ukrainian administration. Russia declared it annexed in September 2022, a claim that is not internationally recognised.