.ua

.ua

Introduced	December 1, 1992
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Hostmaster Ltd.
Sponsor	Communication Systems
Intended use	Entities connected with Ukraine
Actual use	Popular in Ukraine
Structure	Registrations have been at third level beneath second-level labels (generic and geographic), but there appear to be some direct second-level registrations for trademark holders
Documents	Policy documents
Website	.ua NIC
DNSSEC	Yes

.ua is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ukraine.

History

• December 1, 1992 - Registered in root zone
• April 13, 2012 - DNSSEC enabled in root zone

2nd level domains

To remove the risk of cyber squatting, registration of second-level domains directly below .ua is restricted to owners of registered trade marks, who may register a domain name similar to that of the trade mark in question. However you can register third-level domains beneath some of the following:

• com.ua - paid, commercial organisations, one of the most popular
• edu.ua - free, available only to proved educational organisations.
• gov.ua - free, available only to governmental organisations
• net.ua - paid, network service providers
• in.ua - paid, domains for individuals
• at.ua - paid, domains for individuals
• pp.ua - free, domains for individuals
• org.ua - paid, other organisations (non-commercial), individuals

There are also second-level domains which are region-specific. These are less popular than the above list (making domain names more available) but they are sometimes restricted to organisations exclusively from within the region.

• cherkassy.ua (also: ck.ua) - Cherkasy Oblast
• chernigov.ua (cn.ua) - Chernihiv Oblast
• chernovtsy.ua (cv.ua) - Chernivtsi Oblast
• crimea.ua - Crimea
• dnepropetrovsk.ua (dp.ua) - Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
• donetsk.ua (dn.ua) - Donetsk Oblast
• ivano-frankivsk.ua (if.ua) - Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
• kharkov.ua (kh.ua) - Kharkiv Oblast
• kherson.ua (ks.ua) - Kherson Oblast
• khmelnitskiy.ua (km.ua) - Khmelnytskyi Oblast
• kiev.ua - Kiev
• kirovograd.ua (kr.ua) - Kirovohrad Oblast
• lugansk.ua (lg.ua) - Luhansk Oblast
• lutsk.ua (lt.ua) - Lutsk
• lviv.ua - Lviv Oblast
• nikolaev.ua (mk.ua) - Mykolaiv
• odessa.ua (od.ua) - Odessa Oblast
• poltava.ua (pl.ua) - Poltava Oblast
• rovno.ua (rv.ua) - Rivne Oblast
• sebastopol.ua - Sevastopol
• yalta.ua - Yalta
• sumy.ua - Sumy Oblast
• ternopil.ua (te.ua) - Ternopil Oblast
• uzhgorod.ua (uz.ua) - Uzhhorod
• vinnica.ua (vn.ua) - Vinnytsia Oblast
• zaporizhzhe.ua (zp.ua) - Zaporizhia Oblast
• zhitomir.ua (zt.ua) - Zhytomyr Oblast

See also

• .укр, a second top domain for Ukraine, active from 2013, which has domains with Cyrillic characters.

External links

• IANA .ua whois information
• Official site of domain .ua
• Official site of .ua registry
• Statistic of domain names usage
• Ukrainian Domains Statistics and Information

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