Pohrebyshche Raion

Pohrebyshche Raion
Погребищенський район

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Coordinates: 49°30′N 29°15′E / 49.500°N 29.250°ECoordinates: 49°30′N 29°15′E / 49.500°N 29.250°E

Country

Ukraine

Region

Vinnytsia Oblast

Established

1923

Admin. center

Pohrebysche

Subdivisions

List

— city councils
— settlement councils
— rural councils
Number of localities:
— cities
— urban-type settlements
57 — villages
— rural settlements

Government

• Governor

Vasyl Pavlovych Osadchuk

Area

• Total

1,200 km² (500 sq mi)

Population (2015)

• Total

30,675

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal index

22200—22271

Area code

380-4346

Website

Pohrebyschenskyi Raion

Pohrebyshche Raion (Ukrainian: Погребищенський район, translit. Pohrebyschens'kyi raion) is a raion (district) of Vinnytsia Oblast in west-central Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Pohrebyshche. Population: 30,675 (2015 est.)

Pohrebyshche Raion is situated on the Podillian forest-steppe area in the north-eastern part of Vinnytsia Oblast. To the north it borders Zhytomyr Oblast (Ruzhyn Raion) and to the east Kiev Oblast (Skvyra Raion, Volodarka Raion, Tetiiv Raion). The Ros River finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi in the Pohrebyshche Raion.

Pohrebyshche Raion was formed on March 7, 1923 as a part of Kiev Governorate, but on February 27, 1932 it was included in the newly formed Vinnytsia Oblast. Although the area of the raion has changed over the years. The biggest change was in 1963 when Plyskiv Raion was dissolved.

There are one town, 57 villages and five minor settlements in the Pohrebyshche Raion. There are one city council and 26 village councils.

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