Shepetivka Raion
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Shepetivka Raion (Ukrainian: Шепетівський район) is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Shepetivka. Its population is 276,735 (2022 estimate).[1]
Shepetivka Raion
Шепетівський район | |
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Coordinates: 50°08′06″N 27°10′25″E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
Established | 1923 |
Admin. center | Shepetivka |
Subdivisions | 18 hromadas |
Government | |
• Governor | Mykola S. Kovalchuk |
Area | |
• Total | 5,346 km2 (2,064 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 276,735 |
• Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 30410—30457 |
Area code | 380-3840 |
Website | www |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Shepetivka Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Bilohiria, Iziaslav, Polonne, and Slavuta Raions, as well as the cities of Netishyn, Slavuta, and Shepetivka, which were previously incorporated as a cities of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Shepetivka Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 32,100 (2020 est.).[4]
It was established in 1923. 1 urban-type settlement (Hrytsiv) and 68 villages were located in Shepetivka Raion until 2020.