Kosiv Raion
Kosiv Raion
Косівський район | |
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Raion | |
| Kosivskyi raion | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 48°19′32″N 24°59′13″E / 48.32556°N 24.98694°ECoordinates: 48°19′32″N 24°59′13″E / 48.32556°N 24.98694°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 |
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].
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]
- with the administration in the city of Kosiv;
- with the administration in the selo of Kosmach;
- with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kuty;
- with the administration in the selo of ;
- 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, — 56 km, — 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 (15th century), Kuty (1448), (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[]
- ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "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 (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Косівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
Sources[]
- Raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast