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Sambir Raion

Coordinates: 49°33′4″N 23°19′20″E / 49.55111°N 23.32222°E / 49.55111; 23.32222
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Sambir Raion
Самбірський район
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Coordinates: 49°33′4″N 23°19′20″E / 49.55111°N 23.32222°E / 49.55111; 23.32222
Country Ukraine
Oblast Lviv Oblast
Established8 January 1965
Admin. center Sambir
Subdivisions11 hromadas
Area
 • Total3,247.1 km2 (1,253.7 sq mi)
Population
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 • Total221,896
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
81420—81485
Area code380-3236

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.

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]

Subdivisions

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Current

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After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 11 hromadas:[3]

Before 2020

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Sambir Raion in Lviv Oblast (1966-2020)

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas,[8]

Settlements in Sambir Raion

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Sambir Raion consists of 2 city communities, 1 settlement community, 7 rural communities and 9 village councils, which unite 110 settlements and are subordinate to the Sambir district council. The administrative center is the city of Sambir, which is a city of regional importance and is not part of the district.[9]

United territorial communities of Sambir district:

Villages:

People from Sambir Raion

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References

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  1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ a b "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Турківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  6. ^ a b c d "Старосамбірська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  7. ^ "Самбірська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  8. ^ "Самбірська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  9. ^ Адміністративно-територіальний устрій Самбірського району на сайті Верховної Ради України
  10. ^ Woloschuk, Peter T. (11 June 2006). "Omeljan Pritsak, scholar of Ukrainian, Turkic studies, 87". Obituary. The Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 14 October 2017.