Bilmak Raion

Bilmak Raion (Ukrainian: Більмацький район), until May 2016 Kuibysheve Raion (Ukrainian: Куйбишевський район), was one of raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region was the urban-type settlement of Bilmak (now Kamianka). The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Bilmak Raion was merged into Polohy Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 20,922 (2020 est.)[3].

Bilmak Raion
Більмацький район
Raion
Flag of Bilmak Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Bilmak Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°20′31.25″N 36°44′29.58″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZaporizhzhia Oblast
Established1935
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBilmak
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 13 — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 38 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Zaykovskyi
Area
 • Total1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 20,922
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
71000—71053
Area code+380 6147
Websitehttp://krada.da.zp.ua

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kuibysheve Raion to Bilmak Raion and Kuibysheve to Bilmak according to the law prohibiting names of communist origin.[4]

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  4. "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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