Bila Tserkva Raion
Bila Tserkva Raion (Ukrainian: Білоцерківський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bila Tserkva. Population: 431,172 (2022 estimate).
Bila Tserkva Raion
Білоцерківський район | |
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Raion | |
| Білоцерківський район (Bilotserkivskyi raion) | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Bila Tserkva Raion after the 2020 reform | |
| Coordinates: 49°51′6″N 30°8′4″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kyiv Oblast |
| Established | 1930 |
| Admin. center | Bila Tserkva |
| Subdivisions | 13 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Roman Ivanovych Pluhator |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,514.8 km2 (2,515.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 431,172 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 075 |
| Area code | 380-4563 |
| Website | kyiv-obl.gov.ua |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Bila Tserkva Raion was significantly expanded. Six abolished raions, Rokytne, Skvyra, Stavyshche, Tarashcha, Tetiiv, and Volodarka Raions, as well as the city of Bila Tserkva, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, and parts of Bohuslav and Vasylkiv Raions, were merged into Bila Tserkva Raion. The area of the raion before the reform was 1,276.8 square kilometres (493.0 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 48,440 (2020 est.)