Podilsk Raion

Podilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Подільський район; Romanian: Raionul Bârzula), 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. Population: 224,163 (2021 est.)[1]

Podilsk Raion
Подільський район
Raionul Bârzula
Raion
Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E
Country Ukraine
RegionOdessa Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerPodilsk
Subdivisions12 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Syn`ko
Area
- since July 2020
 • Total7,078.58 km2 (2,733.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total224,163
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
66300—66383
Area code+380 4862
Websitehttp://kotovsk-rda.odessa.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odessa Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Podilsk Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,524 (2020 est.)[4]

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

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.[5]

Administrative division

12 municipalities (hromadas):

  • Ananiv Hromada
  • Balta Hromada
  • Dolynske hromada
  • Zelenohirske Hromada
  • Kodyma Hromada
  • Kuyalnyk Hromada
  • Lyubashivka Hromada
  • Okny Hromada
  • Pishchana Hromada
  • Podilsk Hromada
  • Savran Hromada
  • Slobidka hromada

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  5. "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів..." (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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