Kosiv Raion | |
Native Name: | Косівський район |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Raion |
Flag Alt: | Flag of Kosiv Raion |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Kosiv Raion |
Image Map1: | Kosiv Raion 2020.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.3256°N 24.9869°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts: | 5 hromadas |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1939 |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Seat: | Kosiv |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Yaroslav Shynkaruk |
Leader Title1: | Chairman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 903 |
Population Total: | 83700 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
Postal Code: | 285250 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 |
Website: | Official website |
Official Name: | Kosivskyi raion |
Kosiv Raion (Ukrainian: Косівський район) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city of Kosiv is the administrative center of the raion. Its population is
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was reduced to six, however, the area of Kosiv Raion was essentially unchanged.[1] [2] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Both before and after 2000, the raion consisted of five hromadas:[3]
The district is located in the Precarpathian region of Ukraine. The total area is 903 km2 with 91,100 inhabitants.
The climate is moderately continental.
The mountains go up to 1000 m above the sea level in the mountainous part of the raion. There are a few big rivers among the mountains: Cheremosh — 80 km, Pistynka — 56 km, Rybnytsa — 54 km.
Archaeological finds show that the territory of the raion was inhabited from the Neolithic times.The first written information about Kosiv is from 1424. Firstly, the town was called Rykiv, and only later it was renamed to Kosiv.Other old settlements of the raion are Kobaky (15th century), Kuty (1448), Vyzhnii Bereziv (1412).
Famous people that were born, lived or worked in Kosiv district: