Oleshky Raion

Oleshky Raion
Oleshky Raion; Олешківський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 46°31′59.8944″N 33°1′19.7112″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Kherson Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Oleshky
Subdivisions	List 1 — city councils; 2 — settlement councils; 12 — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; 1 — cities; 2 — urban-type settlements; 23 — villages; 5 — rural settlements;
Government
• Governor	Dmytro Osypov
Area
• Total	1,800 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	71,833
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	75100—75145
Area code	+380 5542

Oleshky Raion (Ukrainian: Олешківський район) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Oleshky. Population: 71,833 (2015 est.)[1]

In May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Tsiurupynsk Raion to Oleshky Raion conform with the law prohibiting names of the communist origin.[2]

References

"Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
Чисельність наявного населення України (in Ukrainian). State Service of Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

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[ua2015estimate-1] "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[ua2013estimate-2] Чисельність наявного населення України (in Ukrainian). State Service of Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2015.