Ternopil Raion
Ternopil Raion (Ukrainian: Тернопільський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil. It has a population of 559,357 (2022 estimate).
Ternopil Raion
Тернопільський район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°30′N 25°40′E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
| Established | 1966 |
| Admin. center | Ternopil |
| Subdivisions | 25 hromadas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,203 km2 (2,395 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 559,357 |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 47701—47745 |
| Area code | +380-352 |
| Website | www |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Ternopil Raion was significantly expanded. Six abolished raions, Berezhany, Kozova, Pidhaitsi, Pidvolochysk, Terebovlia, and Zboriv Raions, a part of one more abolished raion, Zbarazh Raion, as well as Berezhany Municipality and the city of Ternopil, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Ternopil Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 67,199 (2020 est.).