Lviv Regional State Administration

Lviv Region is located in the extreme west of Ukraine, it belongs to the historical land of Galicia, the center of the formation of the Ukrainian people, the leading center of religious activity of the country, on the west it borders with Poland. The region was founded on December 4, 1939. The area is 21.8 thousand square km or 3.6% of the territory of Ukraine. The region from north to south is 240 km, from west to east - 210 km. The population is about 2.6 million people or 5.5% of Ukrainian population, including urban 58.9%, and rural 41.1%. Lviv region is one of the most homogeneous regions of Ukraine in ethnic composition; the share of Ukrainians in all areas is more than 90% - 95%. In the mountainous part of the area, in the southern areas dwell ethnic group of Ukrainians boyki and lemki. Russian account for 7% of the regions population and Dominican cathedral in Lvivlive mainly in the regional center, about 1% of the regions population are the Poles, the...