Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Кам'янець-Подільський район, romanized: Kam'ianets'-Podil's'kyi raion) is one of the three administrative raions (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Population: 279,789 (2022 estimate).
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Кам'янець-Подільський район | |
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Raion | |
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| Coordinates: 48°40′56″N 26°34′57″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Established | March 7, 1923 |
| Admin. center | Kamianets-Podilskyi |
| Subdivisions | 15 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Mykhailo Zheliznyk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,521 km2 (1,746 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 279,789 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 32319—32398 |
| Area code | +380 3849 |
| Website | http://kprda.gov.ua |
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 Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Chemerivtsi, Dunaivtsi, and Nova Ushytsia Raions, as well as the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 63,302 (2020 est.). Its population was 75,506 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.