Ukraine is a unitary state, which is divided into administrative-territorial units of the first level - the region and the city. The history of the administrative division of Ukraine began during the Hetman, however, in the process of its formation, the country's structure has undergone certain and repeated changes.
Administrative Territorial Levels
To date, the system of the Ukrainian administrative-territorial structure is represented by the first, second and third levels. The first level includes areas and cities with special status. The second level, which is called the base, includes areas, cities of regional subordination and cities of republican subordination.
Urban areas are territorial units that do not form their own governing bodies.
The third level (primary) includes a number of cities of regional significance, which are mostly subordinate to city councils of regional cities, urban-type villages, simple towns and villages. The structure of modern Ukraine includes 24 regions and 2 cities with special status, which are administrative-territorial units of the first level. Regions are divided into a certain number of districts and cities of republican or regional subordination, which relate to units of the second (base) level. The remaining Ukrainian cities, towns and villages are united by the third level of administrative-territorial division.
