Kosiv Raion Explained

Kosiv Raion
Native Name:Косівський район
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Raion
Flag Alt:Flag of Kosiv Raion
Shield Alt:Coat of arms of Kosiv Raion
Image Map1:Kosiv Raion 2020.svg
Coordinates:48.3256°N 24.9869°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts:5 hromadas
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1939
Seat Type:Admin. center
Seat:Kosiv
Leader Title:Governor
Leader Name:Yaroslav Shynkaruk
Leader Title1:Chairman
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:903
Population Total:83700
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal index
Postal Code:285250
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380
Website:Official website
Official Name:Kosivskyi raion

Kosiv Raion (Ukrainian: Косівський район) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city of Kosiv is the administrative center of the raion. Its population is

Subdivisions

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was reduced to six, however, the area of Kosiv Raion was essentially unchanged.[1] [2] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Both before and after 2000, the raion consisted of five hromadas:[3]

General information

The district is located in the Precarpathian region of Ukraine. The total area is 903 km2 with 91,100 inhabitants.

The climate is moderately continental.

The mountains go up to 1000 m above the sea level in the mountainous part of the raion. There are a few big rivers among the mountains: Cheremosh — 80 km, Pistynka — 56 km, Rybnytsa — 54 km.

Archaeological finds show that the territory of the raion was inhabited from the Neolithic times.The first written information about Kosiv is from 1424. Firstly, the town was called Rykiv, and only later it was renamed to Kosiv.Other old settlements of the raion are Kobaky (15th century), Kuty (1448), Vyzhnii Bereziv (1412).

Notable residents

Famous people that were born, lived or worked in Kosiv district:

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  2. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  3. Web site: Косівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.