Novoselytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Новоселицький район, Romanian: Raionul Noua Suliță pronounced [raˈjonul ˈnowa ˈsulit͡sə]) was a raion (administrative district) in Chernivtsi Oblast, (province) in the west of Ukraine. The western part of its territory lied in the historical region of Bukovina, the eastern part in Bessarabia, while one village (Boianivka) was part of the Hertsa region. The center of the raion was the city of Novoselytsia. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Novoselytsia Raion was split between Chernivtsi and Dnistrovskyi Raions.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 76,744 (2020 est.)[3]
Novoselytsia Raion
Новоселицький район (in Ukrainian) Raionul Noua Suliță (in Romanian) | |
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Coordinates: 48°17′36″N 26°19′15″E | |
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Region | Chernivtsi Oblast |
Established | 1940 |
Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
Admin. center | Novoselytsia |
Subdivisions | List
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• Governor | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 734 km2 (283 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 76,744 |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 604XX |
Area code | 380-3733X |
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion's population was 87,241. The ethnical composition was as follows:
Total | Ukrainians | Russians | Romanians | Moldovans | Other | |
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87,461 | 29,703 | 1,235 | 5,904 | 50,329 | 290 | |
The singer Sofia Rotaru was born in Marshyntsi, one of the Romanian speaking villages of the Raion.
The village of Tarasivtsi, located in the raion, is notable as the only place in Ukraine where the Moldovan (Romanian) language has been designated as a regional language. This occurred after Ukraine permitted regional languages to be designated in August 2012 .[4]
Novoselytsia Raion had 1 city and 30 communes:
Of these, Boiany, Chornivka, Mahala, Sloboda, Pripruttia, Toporivtsi and Zelenyi Hai are in the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder are in Bessarabia.
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of six hromadas:[5]
Toporyvtsi rural hromada also contained three villages, Kolinkivtsi, Hrozyntsi, and Bochkivtsi, which belonged to Khotyn Raion.[6]
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Administrative center: Novoselytsia | ||
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