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Borshchiv Raion

Borshchiv raion
Борщівський район
Raion
Borschivskyi-Raion.png
Country  Ukraine
Region Ternopil Oblast
Admin. center Borshchiv
Subdivisions
Area
 • Total 1,006 km2 (388 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 75,358
 • Density 75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 487
Area code 380
Website Verkhovna Rada website

Coordinates: 48°48′17″N 26°02′25″E / 48.80483°N 26.04034°E / 48.80483; 26.04034

The Borshchiv Raion (Ukrainian: Борщівський район, translit. Borschivs’kyi raion) is a raion (a district within Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine, an area known as Galicia. The administrative center of the raion is Borshchiv.

The district's population is 75,358. Of this, 19,621 are urban inhabitants (mostly concentrated in Borshchiv).

The territory of Borshchiv raion is 1,006 square kilometers (100,600 hectares).

There are 70 villages (selo) within the raion, 2 urban-type settlements and one city (misto) - Borshchiv. The major villages in Borshchiv district include:

Names are given in Ukrainian followed by Polish and Russian names in brackets. Some of the villages listed below (those located to the southeast of Borshchiv), belong administratively to the bordering Zalishchytskyi Raion.


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