Zhovkva Raion
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Former subdivision of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Raion in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Zhovkva Raion
Жовківський район | |
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Coat of arms of Zhovkva Raion Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 50°6′52′′N 23°53′37′′E / 50.11444°N 23.89361°E / 50.11444; 23.89361 | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Region | Lviv Oblast |
| Established | 1940 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Zhovkva |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Area | |
• Total | 1,295 km2 (500 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 110,223 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 80300—80383 |
| Area code | 380-3252 |
| Website | http://zhovkva.org.ua/ Zhovkva Raion |
Zhovkva Raion (Ukrainian: Жо́вківський райо́н) was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Zhovkva. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Zhovkva Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion's population was 110,223 (2020 est.).[3]
It was established in 1940.
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:[4]
- Dobrosyn-Maheriv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Maheriv;
- Kulykiv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kulykiv;
- Rava-Ruska urban hromada with the administration in the city of Rava-Ruska;
- Zhovkva urban hromada with the administration in Zhovkva.
Villages
[edit ]People
[edit ]- Yevhen Konovalets — a military commander of the Ukrainian People's Republic army and the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists between 1929 and 1938
- Volodymyr Parasyuk — Ukrainian soldier, politician, activist, and People's Deputy of Ukraine
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України No 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020年07月18日. Retrieved 2020年10月03日.
- ^ "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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Жовківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
External links
[edit ]- (in Ukrainian) zhovkva.org.ua