Okny Raion

Okny Raion (Ukrainian: Окнянський район), until May 2016 Krasni Okny Raion (Ukrainian: Красноокнянський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Okny. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Okny Raion was merged into Podilsk Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was 19,606 (2020 est.).

Okny Raion
Окнянський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°30′52″N 29°24′30″E
Country Ukraine
RegionOdesa Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerOkny
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 14 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 52 — villages
  •   2 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Gavrish
Area
 • Total1,013 km2 (391 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 19,606
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
66600—66652
Area code+380 4861
Websitehttp://krasnookn-rda.odessa.gov.ua

In 2001, 11% of its population belonged to the Moldovan minority.

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