Drohobych Raion

Drohobych Raion (Ukrainian: Дрогобицький район, romanized: Drohobytskyi raion) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Drohobych. Population: 232,947 (2022 estimate).

Drohobytskyi Raion
Дрогобицький район
Coordinates: 49°20′26″N 23°27′21″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Lviv Oblast
EstablishedDecember 4, 1959
Admin. centerDrohobych
Subdivisions5 hromadas
Government
  GovernorIvan Pavlovych
Area
  Total1,206 km2 (466 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total232,947
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code380-244
Websiterajon.drohobych.com.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Drohobych Raion was significantly expanded. Boryslav and Drohobych municipalities, as well as the city of Truskavets, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance, were merged into Drohobych Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 51,152 (2020 est.).

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