administrative territorial entity of Ukraine
Let an agent explain Ukrainian administrative geography by level, identify which unit covers a place, describe the 2020 reform, and handle occupied and contested territories neutrally with attribution to Ukrainian, international and other sources.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Ukrainian administrative geography by level, identify which unit covers a place, describe the 2020 reform, and handle occupied and contested territories neutrally with attribution to Ukrainian, international and other sources.
Any administrative division of Ukraine, including the 24 oblasts, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, cities with special status, raions, hromadas established in the 2020 reform, and settlements classified as cities, urban-type settlements and villages; the system is defined by Ukrainian law, and parts of the territory are under occupation or contested status that is described neutrally with attribution.
What it is for: Local government, statistics and addressing in Ukraine.
It can be identify the oblast, raion and hromada of a place; explain tiers and the 2020 reform; find official codes and boundaries; describe contested status neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Ukrainian legal framework
Reformed in 2020
Codified units
Partly occupied territory
What it looks like
Not physical; boundaries on maps and codes in registers.
How it is recognised
Oblasts, raions and hromadas
KATOTTG codes
Historical raions were merged in 2020
Related models
is a kind of - category
includes - unit type
is related to - other national system
is related to - broader concept
In practice
Families and kinds
oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
cities with special status
raions
hromadas
settlements by type
Identifiers
KATOTTG codifier of administrative-territorial units and territories of territorial communities official register
Standards and regulation
Constitution of Ukraine and laws on local self-government
2020 administrative-territorial reform
KATOTTG codifier
Failure modes and hazards
Outdated pre-2020 units
Presenting occupied territories as anything other than internationally recognised Ukrainian territory without attribution
Confusing settlement types
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Locate Which unit.
Place to unit.
Units
Oblast, raion, hromada.
Units
Units.
- Which oblast, raion and hromada does this place belong to under the current system, according to official data? provenance
- What is its KATOTTG code? provenance
Settlement
Settlement type.
Settlement
Settlement type.
- Is the settlement a city, urban-type settlement or village, and what does that status mean? definition
- Has its status changed? provenance
Reform The 2020 reform.
Structure changed.
Changes
What changed.
Changes
Changes.
- How did the 2020 reform change raions and create hromadas? provenance
- What replaced the former raions? provenance
Governance
Local self-government.
Governance
Governance.
- How are hromadas and oblasts governed, and what powers do they hold? provenance
- How does martial law affect local governance, according to official sources? provenance
Contested Occupied territories.
Attribution is essential.
Status
International and de facto status.
Status
Status.
- What is the internationally recognised status of this territory, and what is its de facto situation, according to Ukrainian, UN and other sources? provenance
- Are all positions attributed neutrally without endorsing changes by force? boundary
Names
Names and transliteration.
Names
Names.
- Which official Ukrainian names and transliterations apply, and which other names are used by whom? provenance
- Is the choice explained neutrally? boundary
Data Codes and boundaries.
Open data.
Codes
KATOTTG codes.
Codes
Codes.
- How is the KATOTTG codifier structured and updated? provenance
- How do codes relate to older KOATUU codes? provenance
Boundaries
Boundary data.
Boundaries
Boundary data.
- Where can boundary data for Ukrainian units be obtained? provenance
- Which vintage should be used? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should each oblast be a separate entry?
- How should the codifier be linked?
- How should occupation status be attributed?