Stara Syniava Raion

Stara Syniava Raion
Старосинявський район

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Coordinates: 49°37′52″N 27°36′50″E / 49.63111°N 27.61389°ECoordinates: 49°37′52″N 27°36′50″E / 49.63111°N 27.61389°E

Country

Ukraine

Region

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Established

March 7, 1923

Admin. center

Stara Syniava

Subdivisions

List

0 — city councils
1 — settlement councils
16 — rural councils
Number of localities:
0 — cities
1 — urban-type settlements
44 — villages
0 — rural settlements

Government

• Governor

Anatoliy Voloshyn (PR)

Area

• Total

662 km² (256 sq mi)

Population (2012)

• Total

21,276

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal index

31400—31445

Area code

+380 3850

Stara Syniava Raion (Ukrainian: Старосинявський район, Starosyniavs'kyi raion) is one of the 20 administrative raions (a district) of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the urban-type settlement of Stara Syniava. Its population was 24,985 in 2001 and 21,276 in 2012.

The Stara Syniava Raion is located in the eastern part of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Volhynia and Podolia historical regions.

It was first established on March 7, 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

The Stara Syniava Raion is divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government is also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions are subdivided into councils, which are the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban localities administer their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities are organized into councils, which also may contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.

Accordingly, the Stara Syniava Raion is divided into:

Overall, the raion has a total of 45 populated localities, consisting of one urban-type settlement, and 44 villages.

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