Rakhiv Raion

Rakhiv Raion
Рахівський район (Ukrainian)
Raionul Rahău (Romanian)

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Coordinates: 48°3′24.72″N 24°11′48.35″E / 48.0568667°N 24.1967639°ECoordinates: 48°3′24.72″N 24°11′48.35″E / 48.0568667°N 24.1967639°E

Country

Ukraine

Region

Zakarpattia Oblast

Established

1945

Admin. center

Rakhiv

Subdivisions

List

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

Area

• Total

1,892 km² (731 sq mi)

Population (2016)

• Total

92,446

• Density

49/km² (130/sq mi)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Area code

380-3132

Website

http://rakhiv.adm.org.ua/ Rakhiv Raion

Rakhiv Raion (Ukrainian: Рахівський район, Romanian: Raionul Rahău) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rakhiv. Population: 92,446 (2016 est.).

Romanian is since September 2012 a regional language in the village of Bila Tserkva; meaning it will now be used in the towns administrative office work and documents. This was made possible after new legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed in the summer of 2012.

City: Rakhiv (Rahó, Rachov between 1920–1938 and 1944–1945)

Urban-type settlements:

Villages:

Note: Hungarian name of places are given in parenthesis at first. Slovakian name of ones were valid between 1920–1938 and 1944–1945.

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