Kiev Oblast - Administrative Divisions - Important Cities and Towns

Important Cities and Towns

Important cities and towns of Kyiv Oblast include:

  • Bila Tserkva – important industrial center, historical city
  • Brovary – important industrial center
  • Boryspil – houses country's main international airport, industrial center
  • Fastiv – important railway knode, industrial center
  • Irpin-Bucha-Vorzel
  • Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi – historic tourist attraction
  • Slavutych – Ukraine's youngest city, houses personnel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
  • Vasylkiv – industrial center, houses a major air base
  • Vyshhorod – houses the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant
Biggest settlements (population in thousands)
  • Bila Tserkva – 200.1
  • Brovary – 86.8
  • Boryspil – 54.0 (not counting two subordinated villages)
  • Fastiv – 52.0
  • Irpin – 40.6 (not counting four subordinated towns)

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