Podilsk Raion

Podilsk Raion
Подільський район
Raion
Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E / 47.70806°N 29.53806°E / 47.70806; 29.53806Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E / 47.70806°N 29.53806°E / 47.70806; 29.53806
Country  Ukraine
Region Odessa Oblast
Established 1923
Admin. center Podilsk
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Volodymyr Syn`ko
Area
 • Total 1,037 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total Decrease 27,334
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 66300—66383
Area code +380 4862
Website http://kotovsk-rda.odessa.gov.ua

Podilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Подільський район), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Котовський район), is a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Podilsk which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 27,334 (2015 est.)[1]

In the 2001 census 25.9 percent of its population declared to be Moldovan.

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kotovsk Raion to Podilsk Raion and Kotovsk to Podilsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів..." (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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