Slavuta Raion Explained

Slavuta Raion
Native Name:Славутський район
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Raion
Flag Alt:Flag of Slavuta Raion
Shield Alt:Coat of arms of Slavuta Raion
Mapsize:125px
Coordinates:50.3922°N 26.9494°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:coll
P1:  0 — city councils
P2:  0 — settlement councils
P3:36 — rural councils

P4:Number of localities:
  0 — cities
P5:  
P6:79 — villages
P7:  0 — rural settlements
Established Title1:Established
Established Date1:1923, 1959
Established Title2:Disestablished
Established Date2:18 July 2020
Seat Type:Admin. center
Seat:Slavuta
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Vasyl V. Kardash
Leader Title1:Chairman
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1162
Population Total:28018
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:30014—30087
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:380-3842

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. The area of Slavuta Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was

Geography

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 (ShepetivkaZdolbuniv).

Subdivisions

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

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.

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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: Славутська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.