Slavuta Raion

Slavuta Raion
Slavuta Raion; Славутський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Region	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Established	1923, 1959
Admin. center	Slavuta
Subdivisions	List 0 — city councils; 0 — settlement councils; 36 — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; 0 — cities; 0 — urban-type settlements; 79 — villages; 0 — rural settlements;
Government
• Governor	Vasyl V. Kardash
Area
• Total	1,162 km2 (449 sq mi)
Population
• Total	31,301
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	30014—30087
Area code	380-3842
Website	www.slavuta-rda.com

Slavuta Raion (Ukrainian: Славутський район) is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Slavuta. Its population is 31 301 inhabitants (01.01.2011).[1] It was established in 1923. 2 cities (Slavuta and Netishyn — cities of regional significance) and 79 villages are located in Slavuta Raion.

Geography

Quay in Slavuta.

Slavuta Raion is a part of Volhynia. It is one out 20 Raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It is a large raion and ranks 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 is southeast of Rivne Oblast (Ostroh Raion, Hoshcha Raion and Korets Raion), southwest of Zhytomyr Oblast (Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion and Baranivka Raion), northwest of Shepetivskyi Raion, and northeast of Iziaslavskyi Raion. The Horyn, Korchyk, Tsvitoha and other rivers flow through the district. There is a rail line through the district (Shepetivka—Zdolbuniv).

History

From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of the Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of the Vinnytsia region. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of the Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of the Khmelnytskyi region. Finally Slavutskyi Raion was formed September 23, 1959.

References

Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року, Київ-2011 (doc) Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)

External links

www.slavuta-rda.com/ (in Ukrainian)
Media related to Slavutsky Raion at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року, Київ-2011 (doc) Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)