Pidhaitsi Raion

The Pidhaitsi Raion (Ukrainian: Підгаєцький район) is a former raion in the western part of Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is part of the historic area known as Halychyna (Galicia). The administrative center is the city of Pidhaitsi. The Koropets river flows through the district. This raion was formed as a separate district on December 6, 1991 by a decree of the Ukrainian parliament. Before that it was part of neighbouring Berezhanskyi Raion.

Pidhaitsi Raion

Підгаєцький район
Raion
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Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
RegionTernopil Oblast
Established1991
Admin. centerPidhaitsi
Subdivisions
Area
 • Total496 km2 (192 sq mi)
Population
 • Total22,913
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code380-3542

Population

The population of the district is 22,913 inhabitants. Of these 3,203 are concentrated in Pidhaitsi, the rest in the villages cited below.

Territory

The area of Pidhaitsi Raion is 496 km2 (192 sq mi).

Villages

Names are presented in modern Ukrainian transliteration. Polish spellings (often used in documents prior to 1939 when the area was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and Poland) are given in parenthesis:

  • Bilokrynytsia (Białokrynica)
  • Bokiv (Boków)
  • Bronhalivka (Brongalówka)
  • Сherven
  • Vaha (Waga)
  • Verbiv (Wierzbów)
  • Volytsia (Wolica)
  • Halych (Halicz) - should not be mistaken with the city of Halych, in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
  • Hnylche (Hnylcze)
  • Holhocha (Hołhocze)
  • Holendra (Holendry)
  • Zavaliv (Zawałów) - used to be a town and is one of the more interesting larger villages in the district.
  • Zahaitsi (Zahajce)
  • Zastavche (Zastawcze)
  • Zaturyn (Zaturyn)
  • Lysa (Łysa)
  • Lytvyniv (Litwinów)
  • Myrne - former name: Telache (Telacze)
  • Mykhailivka (Michałówka)
  • Mozolivka (Mozołówka)
  • Myzhyliv (Mużyłów)
  • Novosilka (Nowosiółka)
  • Nosiv (Nosów)
  • Panovychi (Panowice)
  • Poplavy (Popławy)
  • Rudnyky (Rudniki)
  • Serednye (Seredne)
  • Siltse (Siołko)
  • Soniachne (Soniachne)
  • Stare Misto (Stare Miasto)
  • Staryi Lytvyniv (Stary Litwinów)
  • Stepove (Stepowe)
  • Uhryniv (Uhrynów)
  • Shumliany (Szumliany)
  • Yustynivka (Justynówka)
  • Yablunivka (Jabłonówka)


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