Administrative Divisions
Zakarpattia Oblast is administratively subdivided into 13 raions (districts), as well as 5 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Berehove, Chop, Khust, Mukachevo, and the administrative center of the oblast, Uzhhorod. There are a total of 7 cities, 19 towns, and more than 579 villages.
Zakarpattia Oblast incorporates four unofficial geographic-historic regions (counties): Ung, Bereg, Ugocsa, and Northern Maramuresh. There is a project for a reform of the current administrative division of the Oblast
The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Zakarpattia Oblast:
- Administrative Center — 1 (Uzhhorod);
- Raions — 13;
- City raions — 0;
- Settlements — 609, including:
- Villages — 579;
- Cities/Towns — 30, including:
- Urban-type settlements — 19;
- Cities — 11, including:
- Cities of oblast' subordinance — 5;
- Cities of raion subordinance — 6;
- Selsovets — 307.
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