Country Ukraine Admin. center Pidhaitsi Area code 380-3542 Administrative center Pidhaitsi Subdivisions 36 | Established 1991 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 496 km² Region Ternopil Oblast | |
Pidhaitsi Raion (Ukrainian: Підгаєцький район) is a district in the western part of Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is part of the historic area known as Halychyna (Galicia). The administrative center is the city of Pidhaitsi. The Koropets river flows through the district. This raion was formed as a separate district on December 6, 1991 by a decree of the Ukrainian parliament. Before that it was part of neighbouring Berezhanskyi Raion.
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Map of Pidhajets'kyi district, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Population
The population of the district is 22,913 inhabitants. Of these 3,203 are concentrated in Pidhaitsi, the rest in the villages cited below.
Territory
The area of Pidhaitsi Raion is 496 km2 (192 sq mi).
Villages
Names are presented in modern Ukrainian transliteration. Polish spellings (often used in documents prior to 1939 when the area was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and Poland) are given in parenthesis: