Postal index 66300—66383 Population 27,334 (2015) Administrative center Kotovsk | Established 1923 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 1,037 km² Area code 4862 | |
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Subdivisions List 0 — city councils 0 — settlement councils18 — rural councilsNumber of localities: 0 — cities 0 — urban-type settlements59 — villages 2 — rural settlements | ||
Podilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Подільський район), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Котовський район), is a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Podilsk which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 27,334 (2015 est.)
Map of Kotovs'kyi district, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
In the 2001 census 25.9 percent of its population declared to be Moldovan.
On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kotovsk Raion to Podilsk Raion and Kotovsk to Podilsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
References
Podilsk Raion Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA