Kirovohrad Oblast (Ukrainian: Кіровоградська область, romanized: Kirovohradska oblast; also referred to as — Ukrainian: Кіровоградщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi. Its population is 920,128. It is Ukraine's second least populated oblast, behind Chernivtsi. In 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine approved the change of the oblast's name to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Кропивницька область, romanized: Kropyvnytska oblast), or Kropyvnychchyna (Ukrainian: Кропивниччина).