Kosiv Raion (Ukrainian: Косівський район) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city of Kosiv is the administrative center of the raion. Its population is 83,700 (2022 estimate).[1]
Kosiv Raion
Косівський район | |
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| Kosivskyi raion | |
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| Coordinates: 48°19′32″N 24°59′13″E / 48.32556°N 24.98694°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Established | 1939 |
| Admin. center | Kosiv |
| Subdivisions | 5 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Yaroslav Shynkaruk |
| Area | |
• Total | 903 km2 (349 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 83,700 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 285250 |
| Area code | +380 |
| Website | Official website |
Subdivisions
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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]
- Kosiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kosiv;
- Kosmach rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kosmach;
- Kuty settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kuty;
- Rozhniv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rozhniv;
- Yabluniv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Yabluniv.
General information
editThe district is located in the Precarpathian region of Ukraine. The total area is 903 km2 with 91,100 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 a few big rivers among the mountains: Cheremosh — 80 km, Pistynka — 56 km, Rybnytsa — 54 km.
Archaeological finds show that the territory of the raion was inhabited from the Neolithic times. The first written information about Kosiv is from 1424. Firstly, the town was called Rykiv, and only later it was renamed to Kosiv. Other old settlements of the raion are Kobaky (15th century), Kuty (1448), Vyzhnii Bereziv (1412).
Notable residents
editFamous people that were born, lived or worked in Kosiv district:
- Marko Cheremshyna (1874–1927) was a Ukrainian writer of Hutsul background.
- Dmytro Pavlychko (1929–2023) is a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure, and dissident.
References
edit- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "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 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.
- ^ "Косівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.