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Kosiv Raion (Ukrainian: Ко́сівський райо́н, romanized: Kosiwśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city of Kosiv is the administrative center of the raion. Population: 84,437 (2021 est.)[1].
Kosiv Raion
Косівський район | |
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Raion | |
| Kosivskyi raion | |
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| Coordinates: 48°19′32″N 24°59′13″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Established | 1939 |
| Admin. center | Kosiv |
| Subdivisions | 5 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Yaroslav Shynkaruk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 903 km2 (349 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 84,437 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 285250 |
| Area code | +380 |
| Website | Official website |
Subdivisions
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was reduced to six, however, the area of Kosiv Raion was essentially unchanged.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 86,615 (2020 est.)[4]
Both before and after 2000, the raion consisted of five hromadas:[5]
- Kosiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kosiv;
- Kosmach rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kosmach;
- Kuty settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kuty;
- Rozhniv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rozhniv;
- Yabluniv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Yabluniv.
General information
The district is located in the Precarpathian region of Ukraine. The total area is 903 km² with 91,1 thousand inhabitants.
The climate is moderately continental.
The mountains go up to 1000 m above the sea level in the mountainous part of the raion. There are few big rivers among the mountains: Cheremosh — 80 km, Pistynka — 56 km, Rybnytsa — 54 km.
Archaeological finds show that the territory of the raion was inhabited from the Neolithic times. First written information about Kosiv is from 1424. Firstly, the town was called Rykiv, and only latter it was renamed to Kosiv. Other old settlements of the raion are Kobaky (15th century), Kuty (1448), Vyzhnii Bereziv (1412).
Famous people
Famous people that were born, lived or worked in Kosiv district:
- Marko Cheremshyna (1874-1927) was a Ukrainian writer of Hutsul background.
- Dmytro Pavlychko (1929) is a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure, and dissident.
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- "Косівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
Sources
| Administrative divisions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | ||
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Administrative center: Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
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На других языках
- [en] Kosiv Raion
[ru] Косовский район
Ко́совский райо́н (укр. Косівський район) — административная единица Ивано-Франковской области Украины. Административный центр — город Косов.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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