Turka Raion

Turka Raion (Ukrainian: Турківський район) was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Turka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Turka Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 48,933 (2020 est.).^[3]

Turka Raion Турківський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°5′26″N 23°0′57″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Lviv Oblast
Established	1939
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Turka
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 65 — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,193 km2 (461 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	48,933
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	82500—82566
Area code	380-3269
Website	http://trda.lv.ukrtel.net

It was established in 1939.

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:^[4]

• Borynia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Borynia;
• Turka urban hromada with the administration in Turka.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast

References

1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
4. "Турківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

External links

• trda.lv.ukrtel.net (in Ukrainian)