Ternopil Oblast, Administrative region in western Ukraine.
Ternopil Oblast extends across 13,823 square kilometers of the Podilian Upland, featuring limestone formations and the Dniester River along its southern border.
The oblast formation occurred on December 4, 1939, following Soviet administrative reforms that replaced the previous Polish voivodeship structure in this territory.
The region contains 34 historical castles, including Zbarazh Castle, while maintaining a population that identifies as 98 percent Ukrainian with traditional customs.
The region functions as a transportation center with multiple railway connections and maintains an economy centered on agriculture and food production industries.
The territory contains Optymistychna Cave, which extends for 267 kilometers underground, making it the longest cave system in Eurasia.
Location: Ukraine
Inception: December 4, 1939
Capital city: Ternopil
Shares border with: Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Rivne Oblast
Phone: +380352522582
Email: oda@te.gov.ua
Website: http://oda.te.gov.ua
GPS coordinates: 49.55583,25.59250
Latest update: May 28, 2025 18:29
Pochayiv Lavra
50.4 km
Pidhirtsi Castle
61.5 km
Olesko Castle
67.7 km
Optymistychna Cave
95.5 km
Okopy Castle
128.1 km
Zolochiv Castle
56.4 km
Medobory Nature Reserve
57.5 km
Pysanka Museum
121.3 km
Zbarazh Castle
18.4 km
Waterfall Chervonohorod
83.6 km
Chervonohorod Castle
83.7 km
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God, Ternopil
311 m
Skala-Podilska
90 km
Crystal Cave
103 km
Vyshnivets Palace
39.6 km
Buchach townhall
56.8 km
Ternopil Castle
446 m
Dniester Canyon National Nature Park
101.4 km
Kremenets Castle
60.8 km
Priest's Grotto
91.9 km
Roman Shukhevych Ternopil city stadium
1.2 km
Koropets
75 km
Halych Castle
79 km
Lanchyn
127.9 km
Statue of Solomiya Krushelnytska in Ternopil
512 m
Verteba
87.8 km
Berezhany Castle
48.4 km
Brody Castle
67.4 kmReviews
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