Liubashivka Raion

Liubashivka Raion (Liubashivskyi Raion) is a district in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 30,771 (2015 est.)[1] In 2001 its population was 33,000.

Liubashivskyi Raion Любашівський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°47′40″N 30°12′18″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Odessa Oblast
Established	1926/1957
Admin. center	Liubashivka
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 54 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Serhiy Vovk
Area
• Total	1,1 km^2 (4 sq mi)
Population
• Total	30,771
• Density	2,800/km^2 (7,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	66500
Area code	380-04864

Saint John the Evangelist church in Pokrovka village in Liubashivskyi Raion

Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Liubashivka. The district is primarily Ukrainophone.

Important rivers within the Liubashivskyi Raion include the Kodyma and Tyligul Rivers.

Through the territory of the Liubashivskyi Raion pass the railroad routes from Odessa to Kropyvnytskyi.

It has two railway stations (in Zaplazy and Liubashivka).

The district also lies on 2 international highways — route Saint Petersburg – Kiev – Odessa M05 E95; and route Chişinău (Moldova) - Kropyvnytskyi M13 E577.

Urban-type settlements

• Liubashivka
• Zelenohirske

Natives

Pavlo Ulitskiy

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• Kostyantyn Voloshchuk (1916 — 1945) — Hero of the World War II from Liubashivka.
• Vasil Savenko — opera singer.
• Pavlo Ulitsky (1923 — 1996) — Hero of the World War II.
• Rostyslav Paletsky (1932 — 1978) — artist.
• Аlbin Havdzinsky — artist.

References

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