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Chernihiv Raion

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Country
  
Ukraine

Admin. center
  
Chernihiv

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
2,547 km²

Oblast
  
Chernihiv Oblast

Elevation
  
130 m (430 ft)

Website
  
Official website

Population
  
52,068 (2015)

Chernihiv Raion

Chernihivskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Чернігівський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Chernihiv, which is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The raion covers an area of 2,547 square kilometres (983 sq mi). Population: 52,068 (2015 est.)

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Overview

The raion borders with the raions of Ripky, Horodnia, Mena, Kulykivka and Kozelets. It borders also with the city of Slavutych, an exclave of Kiev Oblast, the Kievan raion of Ivankiv, and the Belarusian raion of Brahin, in Gomel Oblast. Its capital, Chernihiv, is located in the middle of the raion, but is administratively separate.

Settlements

Cities
  • Chernihiv (autonomous city)
  • Urban-type settlements
  • Honcharivske
  • Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske
  • Olyshivka
  • Sedniv
  • References

    Chernihiv Raion Wikipedia