Vitovka Raion

Vitovka Raion (Ukrainian: Вітовський район) is located in Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Mykolaiv, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 50,755 (2015 est.)[1]

Vitovka Raion

Вітовський район
Raion
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Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°57′50″N 32°13′24″E
Country Ukraine
RegionMykolaiv Oblast
Established1939
Admin. centerMykolaiv
Subdivisions
Government
 • GovernorOleksandr Stohrskiy
Area
 • Total1,460 km2 (560 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total 50,755[1]
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
57200—57287
Area code+380 512
This article is about a subdivision of Mykolaiv Oblast. For a number of city districts in Ukraine, see Zhovtnevyi Raion (disambiguation).

History

In 1939, Mykolaiv Rural Raion (sometimes referred to as Mykolaiv Raion) in Mykolaiv Oblast was established with the center in the city of Mykolaiv.[2] On 12 September 1944, Mykolaiv Raion was renamed Zhovtneve Raion, and the administrative center of the raion was transferred from Mykolaiv to the city of Zhovtneve (named after October Revolution; previously known as Bohoyavlenskyi and Vitovka).[3] On 27 December 1973, Zhovtneve was merged into the city of Mykolaiv, and therefore Mykolaiv became the administrative center of the raion.[2] Mykolaiv Raion, which existed between 1923 and 1930, and since 1963, though has its administrative center in the city of Mykolaiv as well, was and is located in a different area. On 19 May 2016, Zhovtneve Raion was renamed to Vitovka Raion conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4]

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. "Районы Николаевской области" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. "Николаевская область" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. "На Николаевщине Жовтневый район переименовали в Витовский" (in Russian). Николаевские новости. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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