Kitsman Raion

Kitsman Raion (Ukrainian: Кіцманський район, romanized: Kitsmans'kyi rayon) was an administrative raion (district) in the northern part of Chernivtsi Oblast, in the historical region of Bukovina, in western Ukraine. The administrative center was the city of Kitsman. The raion had an area of 610 square kilometres (240 sq mi). The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kitsman Raion was split between Chernivtsi Raion and Vyzhnytsia Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 68,027 (2020 est.)[3]

Kitsman Raion Кіцманський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°26′N 25°43′E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Chernivtsi Oblast
Established	1940
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Kitsman
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 43 — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	610 km2 (240 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	68,027
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	593xx
Area code	380 3736

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of five amalgamated hromadas:[4]

• Brusnytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Brusnytsia, transferred to Vyzhnytsia Raion;
• Kitsman urban hromada with the administration in Kitsman, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion;
• Mamaivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mamaivtsi, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion;
• Nepolokivtsi urban hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Nepolokivtsi, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion;
• Stavchany urban hromada with the administration in the selo of Stavchany, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion.