Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion Могилів-Подільський район | |
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| Coordinates:48°30′N27°45′E / 48.500°N 27.750°E /48.500; 27.750 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Vinnytsia Oblast |
| Established | 1925 |
| Admin. center | Mohyliv-Podilskyi |
| Subdivisions | 7 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Myhaylo Vdovtsov |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,220.5 km2 (1,243.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 139,828 |
| • Density | 43.418/km2 (112.45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 24005-24063 |
| Area code | +380 4337 |
| Website | http://rda.m-p.org.ua/ |
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion (Ukrainian:Могилів-Подільський район) is one of the sixraions (districts) ofVinnytsia Oblast, located in southwesternUkraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city ofMohyliv-Podilskyi. Population:139,828 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion was significantly expanded.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was31,793 (2020 est.).[5]
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion is located in the southwest of Vinnytsia region. It bordersChernivtsi andKhmelnytskyi regions of Ukraine, and withMoldova. The area of the district is 3221.0 km2.[6]
While the raion contains many villages and rural-type settlements, there are only two cities in the district: Mohyliv-Podilskyi andVendychany. There are additionally three urban-type settlements:Chernivtsi,Sloboda-Bushanska, andMurovani Kurylivtsi.[7][8]
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion district is located on the outhern slopes ofPodilska upland. The relief of the district is an undulating plain, cut by river valleys, ravines, and gullies.[9]
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +20 °C, in January −5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 520 to 590 mm, changing from west to east.[10]
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion is located in theDniester valley, on its left side.[9]
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion is located in the forest-steppe natural zone. Among the trees in the forests, oaks and hornbeam dominate. Typical large mammals are elk, roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, beavers, hares and wolves.[11]
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion has reserves oflimestone andsandstone.[12]
Number of settlements 195. Number of cities – 2. Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion includes 7territorial communities. It includes: urban - Mohyliv-Podilskyi and Yampilskyi; rural - Yaryshivskyi, Babchynetskyi; settlement - Vendychanskyi, Murovano-Kurylovetskyi, Chernivtsi.[6]
Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion is crossed by railway tracks and highways by the Vinnytsia connection. Passes throughHaisynEuropean route E583.[13][14]
