Zbarazh Raion

Zbarazh Raion Збаразький район
Raion
Coordinates: 49°44′N 25°47′E / 49.733°N 25.783°E / 49.733; 25.783Coordinates: 49°44′N 25°47′E / 49.733°N 25.783°E / 49.733; 25.783
Country	Ukraine
Region	Ternopil Oblast
Established	1939
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Zbarazh
Subdivisions	show List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 74 — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	863 km2 (333 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	55,844
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	380-3550

Zbarazh Raion (Ukrainian: Збаразький район) was a subdivision known as a raion, of Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. The administrative center was the city of Zbarazh. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Zbarazh Raion was split between Kremenets Raion and Ternopil Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 55,844 (2020 est.)^[3]

Subdivisions[]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:^[4]

• with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Vyshnivets, transferred to Kremenets Raion;
• with the administration in Zbarazh, transferred to Ternopil Raion.

Demographics[]

The population in 2001 was 60,349, a decline of 5% from 63,600 in 1989. The population density was 70 per square kilometre (180/sq mi).

Average life expectancy is 71. The urban population was 28%.

Geography[]

Zbarazh Raion had an area of 863 square kilometres (333 sq mi)

Neighboring raions[]

Zboriv (west), Kremenetsi (north), Shumsk (northeast), Lanivtsi (east), Pidvolochysk (southeast), Ternopil (southwest)

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