Vinnytsia Raion
Subdivision of Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
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Vinnytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Вінницький район) is one of the six raions (districts) of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Vinnytsia. Population: 647,966 (2022 estimate).[2]
Vinnytsia Raion
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| Coordinates: 49°18′9″N 28°30′43.941″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Vinnytsia Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Admin. center | Vinnytsia |
| Subdivisions | 16 hromadas |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,888.9 km2 (2,659.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 647,966 |
| • Density | 94.059/km2 (243.61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 23201—23261 |
| Area code | +380 432 |
| Website | http://vinrajrada.org.ua |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Vinnytsia Raion was significantly expanded.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 81,278 (2020 est.).[5]
Geography
Vinnytsia Raion it borders Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Khmelnytskyi regions of Ukraine. The area of the district is 6909.5 km2.[6] Vinnytsia Raion is located on the Podilska and Dnieper uplands. The relief of the district is an undulating plain, cut by river valleys, ravines, and gullies.[7]
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +20 °C, in January −5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 520 to 590 mm, changing from west to east.[8]
Vinnytsia Raion is located in the basins of the Southern Bug river. The river in the floodplain has many oxbow lakes and artificial lakes.[7][9]
Vinnytsia Raion is located in the forest-steppe natural zone. Among the trees in the forests, oaks and hornbeam dominate. Typical large mammals are elk, roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, beavers, hares and wolves.[10] The soils are mostly lalfisol and typical chernozem. [11][10]
Vinnytsia Raion has reserves of kaolinite, brown coal, granite, graphite.[12]
Communities of the district
Number of settlements 411. Number of cities – 7. Vinnytsia Raion includes 16 territorial communities. It includes: urban - Vinnytsia, Hnivan, Illine, Lypovetska, Nemyrivska, Pohrebyschenska; village - Voronovitska, Litynska, Orativska, Stryzhavska, Sutyskivska, Tyvrivska, Turbivska, rural - Agronomichna, Luka-Meleshkivska, Yakushynetska territorial communities.[6]
Transport
Bibliography
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