Pohrebyshche Raion

Coordinates: 49°30′N 29°15′E / 49.500°N 29.250°E / 49.500; 29.250
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Pohrebyshche Raion
Погребищенський район
Raion
Flag of Pohrebyshche Raion
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Coat of arms of Pohrebyshche Raion
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Coordinates: 49°30′N 29°15′E / 49.500°N 29.250°E / 49.500; 29.250
Country Ukraine
RegionVinnytsia Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerPohrebysche
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 57 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVasyl Pavlovych Osadchuk
Area
 • Total1,200 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total30,675[1]
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
22200—22271
Area code380-4346
WebsitePohrebyschenskyi Raion

Pohrebyshche Raion (Ukrainian: Погребищенський район, translit. Pohrebyschens'kyi raion) is a raion (district) of Vinnytsia Oblast in west-central Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Pohrebyshche. Population: 30,675 (2015 est.)[1]

Geography

Pohrebyshche Raion is situated on the Podillian forest-steppe area in the north-eastern part of Vinnytsia Oblast. To the north it borders Zhytomyr Oblast (Ruzhyn Raion) and to the east Kiev Oblast (Skvyra Raion, Volodarka Raion, Tetiiv Raion). The Ros River finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi in the Pohrebyshche Raion.

History

Pohrebyshche Raion was formed on March 7, 1923 as a part of Kiev Governorate, but on February 27, 1932 it was included in the newly formed Vinnytsia Oblast. Although the area of the raion has changed over the years. The biggest change was in 1963 when Plyskiv Raion was dissolved.

Subdivisions

There are one town, 57 villages and five minor settlements in the Pohrebyshche Raion. There are one city council and 26 village councils.

Town

Villages

Famous people from Pohrebyshche Raion

  • S. Aliekseiev, writer
  • A. Kocherha, opera singer
  • N. Prysiazhniuk, ethnographer
  • Valentyn Rechmedin, writer, journalist
  • M. Sokolovskyi, guitarist
  • Michał Tyszkiewicz, diplomat
  • H. Yablonska, folk artist
  • Ivan Yerofeiv, writer
  • Ivan Zaianchkovskyi, scientist, writer

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

Sources

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