Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast'

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Івано-Франківська область, Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’ in Ukrainian) is an oblast of Ukraine. Its capital is Ivano-Frankivsk.

In the past the area was known as Stanisławów Voivodship.

The area of the region is 14,000 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01 ) is 1.4 million.

Some of the main cities of the oblast are Bolekhiv , Burshtyn , Dolyna , Halych, Horodenka , Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush, Kolomyia , Kosiv, Nadvirna , Rohatyn , Sniatyn , Tlumach , and Tysmenytsia .

The Carpathian Mountains rise in the southern and western parts of the oblast.

The Dnister River flows through Ivano-Frankivsk.