Kiev Oblast or
Kyiv Oblast (,
translit. Kyivs’ka oblast’; also referred to as
Kyivshchyna – ) is an
oblast (province) in central
Ukraine. The
administrative center of the oblast is the city of
Kiev (,
Kyiv), which also serves as the capital of Ukraine. Despite being located in the center of the Kiev Oblast, and hosting the governing bodies of the oblast, Kiev itself is a self-governing city with special status and not under oblast jurisdiction.