Vitovka Raion (Ukrainian: Вітовський район) was a subdivision of Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Mykolaiv, which was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four. The area of Vitovka Raion was merged into Mykolaiv Raion.[2][3] The last estimate of the raion population was 49,432 (2020 est.)[1]

Vitovka Raion
Вітовський район
Flag of Vitovka Raion
Coat of Arms of Vitovka raion
Coordinates: 46°57′50″N 32°13′24″E / 46.96389°N 32.22333°E / 46.96389; 32.22333
Country Ukraine
RegionMykolaiv Oblast
Established1939
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerMykolaiv
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 19 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 30 — villages
  •   12 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorOleksandr Stohrskiy
Area
 • Total
1,460 km2 (560 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
Decrease 49,432[1]
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
57200—57287
Area code+380 512

History

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In 1939, Mykolaiv Rural Raion (sometimes referred to as Mykolaiv Raion) in Mykolaiv Oblast was established with the center in the city of Mykolaiv.[4] On 12 September 1944, Mykolaiv Rural Raion was renamed Zhovtneve Raion, and the administrative center of the raion was transferred from Mykolaiv to the city of Zhovtneve (named after October Revolution; previously known as Bohoyavlenskyi and Vitovka).[5] On 27 December 1973, Zhovtneve was merged into the city of Mykolaiv, and therefore Mykolaiv became the administrative center of the raion.[4] Mykolaiv Raion, which existed between 1923 and 1930, and since 1963, though has its administrative center in the city of Mykolaiv as well, was located in a different area. On 19 May 2016, Zhovtneve Raion was renamed to Vitovka Raion conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[6]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of five hromadas,[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ^ a b "Районы Николаевской области" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Николаевская область" (in Russian). Николаевская область. Электронная историческая энциклопедия. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. ^ "На Николаевщине Жовтневый район переименовали в Витовский" (in Russian). Николаевские новости. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Вітовська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.