Novoselytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Новоселицький район, Romanian: Raionul Noua Suliță pronounced [raˈjonul ˈnowa ˈsulit͡sə]) was a raion (administrative district) in Chernivtsi Oblast, (province) in the west of Ukraine. The western part of its territory lied in the historical region of Bukovina, the eastern part in Bessarabia, while one village (Boianivka) was part of the Hertsa region. The center of the raion was the city of Novoselytsia. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Novoselytsia Raion was split between Chernivtsi and Dnistrovskyi Raions.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 76,744 (2020 est.)[3]
Novoselytsia Raion
Новоселицький район (in Ukrainian) Raionul Noua Suliță (in Romanian) | |
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| Coordinates: 48°17′36″N 26°19′15″E / 48.29333°N 26.32083°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Chernivtsi Oblast |
| Established | 1940 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Novoselytsia |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 734 km2 (283 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 76,744 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 604XX |
| Area code | 380-3733X |
History and population
editAccording to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion's population was 87,241. The ethnical composition by self-identification was as follows:
| Total | Ukrainians | Russians | Romanians | Moldovans | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87,461 | 29,703 | 1,235 | 5,904 | 50,329 | 290 |
Among the 50,329 self-identified Moldovans (57.54%), 47,585 (54.54%) self-identified their language as Moldovan and 2,264 as Romanian (2.6%) according to the Ukrainian census of 2001; there were also 29,703 self-identified Ukrainians (35.05%), 5,904 Romanians (6.77%), 1,235 Russians (1.42%), and 290 others (0.29%)..[4][5] Novoselytsia raion, within its boundaries at that time, had 87,241 inhabitants in 2001, including 34.08% Ukrainian-speakers, 64% Romanian-speakers, and 1.78% Russian-speakers.[6][7] In the last Soviet census of 1989, out of 86,771 inhabitants, 28,207 declared themselves Ukrainians (32.51%), 585 Romanians (0.67%), 55,669 Moldovans (64.16%), and 1,639 Russians (1.89%).[8] The decline in the number (from 55,669 to 50,329) and proportion of self-identified Moldovans (from 64.16% to 57.54%) was explained by a switch from a census Moldovan to a census Romanian ethnic and linguistic identity, and has continued after the 2001 census.[9]
The singer Sofia Rotaru was born in Marshyntsi, one of the Romanian speaking villages of the Raion.
The village of Tarasivtsi, located in the raion, is notable as the only place in Ukraine where the Moldovan (Romanian) language was designated as a regional language from 2012 to 2014. This occurred after Ukraine permitted regional languages to be designated in August 2012 .[10]
Administrative divisions
editNovoselytsia Raion had 1 city and 30 communes:
- Novoselytsia - administrative seat
- Communes
Of these, Boiany, Chornivka, Mahala, Sloboda, Pripruttia, Toporivtsi and Zelenyi Hai are in the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder are in Bessarabia.
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of six hromadas:[11]
- Boiany rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Boiany, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion;
- Mahala rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mahala, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion;
- Mamalyha rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mamalyha, transferred to Dnistrovskyi Raion;
- Novoselytsia urban hromada with the administration in Novoselytsia, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion;
- Toporivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Toporivtsi, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion;
- Vanchykivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vanchykivtsi, transferred to Chernivtsi Raion.
Toporyvtsi rural hromada also contained three villages, Kolinkivtsi, Hrozyntsi, and Bochkivtsi, which belonged to Khotyn Raion.[12]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ See Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, Romanii dn Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor, vol. 1 (Romanii din Regiunea Cernauti), Cernauti, 2005, p. 259, 260, with the figure from the 2001 Ukrainian census.
- ^ 724
- ^ https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
- ^ https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/languages-raions
- ^ Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, Romanii dn Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor, vol. 1 (Romanii din Regiunea Cernauti), Cernauti, 2005, p. 216.
- ^ Ion Popescu and Constantin Ungureanu, Romanii dn Ucraina - intre trecut si viitor, vol. 1 (Romanii din Regiunea Cernauti), Cernauti, 2005, p. 259.
- ^ "Popov: No bilingualism in Kyiv", Kyiv Post, September 19, 2012
- ^ "Новоселицька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Топоривская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
External links
edit- Novoselytskyi Raion - official website (in Ukrainian)
- Verkhovna Rada website - Administrative divisions of Novoselytskyi Raion (in Ukrainian)