Bilohiria Raion Explained

Bilohiria Raion
Native Name:Білогірський район
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Raion
Flag Alt:Flag of Bilohiria Raion
Shield Alt:Coat of arms of Bilohiria Raion
Mapsize:125px
Coordinates:50.0403°N 26.3728°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:coll
P1:  0 — city councils
P2:  2 — settlement councils
P3:23 — rural councils
P4:Number of localities:
  0 — cities
P5:  
P6:72 — villages
P7:  0 — rural settlements
Established Title1:Established
Established Date1:7 March 1923
Established Title2:Disestablished
Established Date2:18 July 2020
Seat Type:Admin. center
Seat:Bilohirya
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Ludmyla V. Yanyshyna
Leader Title1:Chairman
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:776.3
Population Total:25403
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+02:00
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+03:00
Postal Code Type:Postal index
Postal Code:30200—30245
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:380-3841

Bilohiria Raion (Ukrainian: Білогірський район) was a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Bilohiria. It was established in 1923. 2 urban-type settlements and 72 villages were located in Bilohiria 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. The area of Bilohiria Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was

Geography

Bilohiria Raion was a part of Volhynia. Before 2020, it was one out 20 Raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. This was a small raion which occupied the 17th place among the districts of the region (776.3 km² corresponds to 3.8% of the total area Khmelnytskyi Oblast).

Bilohiria Raion was south of Rivne Oblast (Ostroh Raion), southwest of Iziaslav Raion, north of Teofipol Raion, and east of Ternopil Oblast (Lanivtsi Raion and Shumsk Raion). The Horyn, Vilia, Poltva and other rivers flowed through the district. There was a rail line through the district (ShepetivkaTernopil).

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:[3]

History

The raion (district) was created on 7 March 1923 as Lyakhivtsi Raion within Shepetivka Okruha, Volhynia Governorate. In 1925 all governorates of Ukraine were liquidated.

From 1923 to 1930 the district was part of the Shepetivka Okruha (see Okruhas of Ukraine). In 1930 all okruhas of Ukraine were liquidated. In 1932 it was included to the newly formed Vinnytsia Oblast. In 1935-37 Lyakhivtsi Raion was part of the Soviet Shepetivka border okrug (still part of Vinnytsia Oblast), which was part of border okrug system that stretched along the western border of the Soviet Union.

In 1937 Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast was created based on three border okrugs (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Proskuriv, and Shepetivka). Lyakhivtsi Raion became a part of the newly formed oblast. During the World War II, raion was occupied by the Nazi Germany in 1941-1944 and was dissolved, while its territory was part of the Wolhynien und Podolien General bezirk. Following the war, Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast was revived, while in 1946 Lyakhivtsi were renamed to Bilohiria, while Lyakhivtsi Raion became Bilohiria Raion. In 1954 the administrative center was moved from Kamianets-Podilskyi to Khemlnytskyi (before 1954 Proskuriv) and the oblast was renamed as Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Finally Bilohiria Raion was formed September 23, 1959.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  2. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  3. Web site: Білогірська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
  4. http://www.myslenedrevo.com.ua/uk/Sci/Local/Zaslav/Empires/AdminDivision.html Адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Заславщини наприкінці XVIII – початку ХХІ ст.