Podilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Подільський район; Romanian: Raionul Bârzula), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Котовський район), is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Podilsk. Population: 224,163 (2021 est.)[1]
Podilsk Raion
Подільський район Raionul Bârzula | |
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Raion | |
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Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Odesa Oblast |
Established | 1923 |
Admin. center | Podilsk |
Subdivisions | 12 hromadas |
Government | |
• Governor | Volodymyr Syn'ko |
Area - since July 2020 | |
• Total | 7,078.58 km2 (2,733.06 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 224,163 |
• Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 66300—66383 |
Area code | +380 4862 |
Website | https://podilska-gromada.gov.ua/ |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odesa Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Podilsk Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,524 (2020 est.)[4]
In the 2001 census 25.9 percent of its population declared to be Moldovan (Romanian).
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.[5]
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Administrative center: Odesa | ||
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