Monastyryska Raion

Monastyryska Raion (Ukrainian: Монастириський район) was a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Monastyryska. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Monastyryska Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 25,889 (2020 est.).[3]

Monastyryska Raion
Монастириський район
Raion
Coordinates: 49°05′N 25°04′E
Country Ukraine
RegionTernopil Oblast
Established1939
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerMonastyryska
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 46 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total0.558 km2 (0.215 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total25,889
 • Density46,000/km2 (120,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code380-3555

The raion was created in 1939 during the World War II when Poland was partitioned between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. Monastyryska Raion was created out of former Buchach County. Couple of years later it was abolished following the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The raion was reinstated in 1944 after return of the Soviet regime.

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:[4]

People from Monastyryska Raion
  • Volodymyr Hnatiuk – (1871–1926), writer, literary scholar, translator, and journalist, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers.

See also

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. 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.
  4. "Монастириська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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