Rovno region is located in north-western part of Ukraine and occupies the area of 20,1 thousands sq. km, that is 3,3% from general territory of Ukraine. The region borders with Brest and Gomel regions of Belarus Republic, Zhitomir, Khmelnitsky, Ternopol, Lvov and Volhyn regions of Ukraine.

Kirovograd region consists of 21 administrative districts, 12 cities from which 4 are under regional submission, 26 settlements, and 1010 villages.

Basic industries of specialization of the Rovno region are agriculture, industry and building.

Industrial specialization of the region is determined by electrical energy (46,1%), which is based on the production of nuclear power which has a national value, even it is represented only by one enterprise – Rovno NPS; chemical industry (15,5%) which is based on JSC "Azot", producing near 10% of national volume of mineral fertilizers, Koretsk factory "Radon" and Zdolbunovsk factory "Iskra", producing 4% of Ukrainian plastic goods; light industry (1,2%), forest and woodworking (6,0%), food industry (10,9%) and industry of building materials (4,8%), in less degree is the mechanical engineering and metal processing (5,6%).

The mechanical engineering and metal processing is represented by such leading enterprises as JSC «Rovno plant of tractor aggregates», «Rovno plant of high-voltage equipment», «Rovno radio engineering plant».

Chemical industry is represented by JSC «Rovnoazot», where the production of nitric and phosphate mineral fertilizers, synthetic ammonia, chamois, nitric and adipic acids is started on.

The Rovno nuclear power plant is functioning at the territory of the region, which three operating power units have total energetic power of 1880 MV.

Food industry – 5 sugar factories, enterprises on processing of meat and milk, canneries, alcohol factory, and other operate on territory of the region.

The agricultural enterprises of the region specializes on growing of grain crops, potato, sugar beet, fief, meat and milk production. Main directions of development of agriculture are growing of grain, potato, processing of sugar raw materials, fief, animal husbandry.

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Rovno, 33000
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