Podilsk Raion

Podilsk Raion Подільський район
Raion
Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E / 47.70806°N 29.53806°E / 47.70806; 29.53806Coordinates: 47°42′29″N 29°32′17″E / 47.70806°N 29.53806°E / 47.70806; 29.53806
Country	Ukraine
Region	Odessa Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Podilsk
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   0 — settlement councils 18 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   0 — urban-type settlements 59 — villages   2 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Volodymyr Syn`ko
Area
• Total	1,037 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	27,334
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	66300—66383
Area code	+380 4862
Website	http://kotovsk-rda.odessa.gov.ua

Podilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Подільський район), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Котовський район), is a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Podilsk which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 27,334 (2015 est.)

In the 2001 census 25.9 percent of its population declared to be Moldovan.

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kotovsk Raion to Podilsk Raion and Kotovsk to Podilsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.

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