Vitovka Raion

Vitovka Raion
Вітовській район
Raion
Flag of Vitovka Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Vitovka Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°57′50″N 32°13′24″E / 46.96389°N 32.22333°E / 46.96389; 32.22333Coordinates: 46°57′50″N 32°13′24″E / 46.96389°N 32.22333°E / 46.96389; 32.22333
Country  Ukraine
Region Mykolaiv Oblast
Established 1939
Admin. center Mykolaiv
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Oleksandr Stohrskiy
Area
 • Total 1,460 km2 (560 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total Decrease 50,755[1]
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 57200—57287
Area code +380 512
This article is about a subdivision of Mykolaiv Oblast. For a number of city districts in Ukraine, see Zhovtnevyi Raion (disambiguation).

Vitovka Raion (Ukrainian: Вітовській район) is located in Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Mykolaiv, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 50,755 (2015 est.)[1]

History

In 1939, Mykolaiv Rural Raion (sometimes referred to as Mykolaiv Raion) in Mykolaiv Oblast was established with the center in the city of Mykolaiv.[2] On 12 September 1944, Mykolaiv Raion was renamed Zhovtneve Raion, and the administrative center of the raion was transferred from Mykolaiv to the town of Zhovtneve.[3] On 27 December 1973, Zhovtneve was merged into the city of Mykolaiv, and therefore Mykolaiv became the administrative center of the raion.[2] Mykolaiv Raion, which existed between 1923 and 1930, and since 1963, though has its administrative center in the city of Mykolaiv as well, was and is located in a different area. On 19 May 2016, Zhovtneve Raion was renamed Vitovka Raion conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Районы Николаевской области" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Николаевская область" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "На Николаевщине Жовтневый район переименовали в Витовский" (in Russian). Николаевские новости. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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