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Yelanets Raion

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Country
  
Ukraine

Admin. center
  
Yelanets

Postal index
  
55500—55560

Founded
  
29 September 1926

Administrative center
  
Yelanets

Region
  
Mykolaiv Oblast

Established
  
1926

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
1,018 km²

Population
  
15,643 (2015)

Area code
  
5159

Yelanets Raion

Subdivisions
  
List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 11 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 36 — villages   0 — rural settlements

Yelanets Raion (Ukrainian: Єланецький район) is located in Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Yelanets. Population: 15,643 (2015 est.)

Contents

Map of Yelanets'kyi district, Mykolaivs'ka oblast, Ukraine

History

In 1926, Yelanets Raion of Mykolaiv Okruha, with the administrative center in Yelanets, was established. The okruhas were directly subordinated to Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1930, okruhas were abolished. In 1935, Yelanets Raion was transferred to Odessa Oblast. On 22 September 1937, Mykolaiv Oblast was established on lands which previously belonged to Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa Oblasts, and Yelanets Raion became part of newly created Mykolaiv Oblast. In 1968, Yelanets was granted urban-type settlement status.

References

Yelanets Raion Wikipedia