Podilsk Raion
Podilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Подільський район), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Котовський район), is a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Podilsk which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 25,524 (2020 est.)[1]
Podilsk Raion
Подільський район | |
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| Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Odessa Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Admin. center | Podilsk |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Volodymyr Syn`ko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,037 km2 (400 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  25,524 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 66300—66383 |
| Area code | +380 4862 |
| Website | http://kotovsk-rda.odessa.gov.ua |
In the 2001 census 25.9 percent of its population declared to be Moldovan.
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.[2]
References
- "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів..." (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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