Slavuta Raion

Slavuta Raion
Slavuta Raion ; Славутський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 50°23′32″N 26°56′58″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Established	1923, 1959
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Slavuta
Subdivisions	List 0 — city councils; 0 — settlement councils; 36 — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; 0 — cities; 0 — urban-type settlements; 79 — villages; 0 — rural settlements;
Government
• Governor	Vasyl V. Kardash
Area
• Total	1,162 km2 (449 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	28,018
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	30014—30087
Area code	380-3842
Website	www.slavuta-rda.com

Slavuta Raion (Ukrainian: Славутський район) was a raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center was Slavuta which was incorporated separately as city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. It was established in 1923. 79 villages were located in Slavuta Raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 28,018 (2020 est.)[3]

Geography

Quay in Slavuta.

Slavuta Raion was a part of Volhynia. It was one out 20 Raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It was a large raion and ranked as the 7th among the largest with respect to the total area (1 162 km² corresponding to 5.6% of the total area of Khmelnytskyi Oblast).

Slavuta Raion was southeast of Rivne Oblast (Ostroh Raion, Hoshcha Raion and Korets Raion), southwest of Zhytomyr Oblast (Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion and Baranivka Raion), northwest of Shepetivka Raion, and northeast of Iziaslav Raion. The Horyn, Korchyk, Tsvitoha and other rivers flowed through the district. There was a rail line through the district (Shepetivka—Zdolbuniv).

History

From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of the Vinnytsia Oblast. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Finally Slavuta Raion was formed September 23, 1959.

References

"Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
"Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
"Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

www.slavuta-rda.com/ (in Ukrainian)
Media related to Slavutsky Raion at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

[2] "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

[ua2020estimate-3] "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.