Sambir Raion
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Sambir Raion (Ukrainian: Самбірський район) is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Sambir. Population: 221,896 (2022 estimate).[1] It was established in 1965.
Sambir Raion
Самбірський район | |
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Coordinates: 49°33′4″N 23°19′20″E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
Established | 8 January 1965 |
Admin. center | Sambir |
Subdivisions | 11 hromadas |
Area | |
• Total | 3,247.1 km2 (1,253.7 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 221,896 |
• Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 81420—81485 |
Area code | 380-3236 |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Sambir Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Staryi Sambir and Turka Raions, as well as the city of Sambir, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Sambir Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 67,063 (2020 est.).[4]