Podilsk Raion

Podilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Подільський район), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Котовський район), is a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Podilsk which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 27,334(2015 est.)[1]

Podilsk Raion

Подільський район
Raion
Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E
Country Ukraine
RegionOdessa Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerPodilsk
Subdivisions
Government
  GovernorVolodymyr Syn`ko
Area
  Total1,037 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total 27,334
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
66300—66383
Area code+380 4862
Websitehttp://kotovsk-rda.odessa.gov.ua

In the 2001 census 25.9 percent of its population declared to be Moldovan.

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kotovsk Raion to Podilsk Raion and Kotovsk to Podilsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]

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