Rakhiv Raion Explained

Rakhiv Raion
Native Name:	Рахівський район
Native Name Lang:	uk
Settlement Type:	Raion
Flag Alt:	Flag of Rakhiv Raion
Shield Alt:	Coat of arms of Rakhiv Raion
Coordinates:	48.0569°N 24.1968°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Parts Type:	Subdivisions
Parts:	4 hromadas
Established Title:	Established
Established Date:	1945
Seat Type:	Admin. center
Seat:	Rakhiv
Leader Title:	Governor
Leader Title1:	Chairman
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	1845.2
Population Total:	82034
Population As Of:	2022
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	EET
Utc Offset1:	+02:00
Timezone1 Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+03:00
Postal Code Type:	Postal index
Area Code Type:	Area code
Area Code:	380-3132

Rakhiv Raion (Ukrainian: Рахівський район, Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Raionul Rahău, Hungarian: Rahói járás) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rakhiv. Population:

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was reduced to six.^{[2] [3]} The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Administrative division

City: Rakhiv (Rahó, Rachov between 1920–1938 and 1944–1945)

Urban-type settlements:

• Kobyletska Poliana (Gyertyánliget, Poľana Kobilská)
• Velykyi Bychkiv (Nagybocskó, Veľký Bočkov)
• Yasinia (Kőrösmező, Jasyna)

Villages:

• Bilyn (Bilin, Bilina)
• Bila Tserkva (Tiszafejéregyház, Bilá Cirkev)
• Bohdan (Tiszabogdány, Bila Tisa)
• Breboia (Bértelek, Preboja)
• Chorna Tysa (Feketetisza, Mogelki (between 1920–1938), Černá Tisa (1944–1945))
• Dilove (Terebesfejérpatak, Trebušany)
• Dobrik (Dobrikdülő, Dobrik)
• Hoverla (Hóvár, Hoverla)
• Khmeliv (Komlós, Chmely)
• Kosivska Polyana (Kaszómező, Kosovská Poľana)
• Kostylivka (Barnabás, Berlebaš)
• Kruhlyy (Körtelep, Kruhlý)
• Kvasy (Tiszaborkút, Kvásy)
• Lazeshchyna (Mezőhát, Lazeština)
• Lugi (Láposmező, Luhy)
• Luh (Tizsalonka, Luh)
• Plaiuts (Plajuc, Gandal)
• Rosishka (Rászócska, Rosuška)
• Roztoky (Nyilas, Rostoka)
• Sitnyi (Szitni, Sitný)
• Sredneye Vodyanoye (Középapsa, Stredná Apša)
• Stebnev (Dombhát, Stebna)
• Strymba (Almáspatak, Strimba)
• Trostianets (Trosztyanec, Trsťenec)
• Verkhneye Vodyanoye (Felsőapsa, Vyšná Apša)
• Vilkhovatyy (Kiscserjés, Vilchovatý)
• Voditsa (Kisapsa, Apšica)
• Vydrychka (Vidráspatak, Vydryčka)

Note: Hungarian name of places are given in parentheses at first. Slovakian name of ones were valid between 1920–1938 and 1944–1945.

Demographics

In the 2001 census, the population of Rakhiv Raion was 90,900 which included:^{[4] [5]}

• 83.8% Ukrainians (76,200)
• 3.2% Hungarians (2,900)
• 11.6% Romanians (10,500)
• 0.8% Russians (800)

According to the 2001 census, the majority of the Rahău district's population spoke Ukrainian (84.63%), with Romanian (11.59%) and Hungarian (2.48%) speakers in the minority.^[6]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Zakarpattia Oblast

External links

• rakhiv.adm.org.ua

Notes and References

1. Book: https://www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atlas_novogo_atu_2020.pdf . 2020 . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України . Ostapenko . Pavlo (Павло Остапенко) . 2nd . Київ . uk . uk:Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020.
2. News: 2020-07-18 . uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. . uk . http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 . 2020-10-03 . uk:Голос України.
3. Web site: 2020-07-17 . uk:Нові райони: карти + склад . https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ . 2022-04-15 . uk . uk:Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
4. Web site: About Number and Composition Population of Zakarpattia Region by Data All-Ukrainian Population Census '2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911044252/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/ . 2007-09-11 . 2018-05-20 . All-Ukrainian Population Census '2001 . State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.
5. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm
6. https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/