Turka Raion () was a
raion
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(district) in
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of the oblast is the city of Lviv. The current population is
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The region is named ...
in western
Ukraine
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. Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
was the city of
Turka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Turka Raion was merged into
Sambir Raion
Sambir Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is Sambir. Population: It was established in 1965.
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the numb ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was
It was established in 1939.
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two
hromada
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s:
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Borynia settlement hromada
Borynia settlement hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Sambir Raion of Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. The capital city, capital of th ...
with the administration in the
urban-type settlement
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of
Borynia;
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Turka urban hromada with the administration in Turka.
See also
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Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is subdivided into districts (''Raions of Ukraine, raions'') which are subdivided into municipalities (''hromadas'').
Current
Raions
On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to seven. These are:
Hromadas
Administrativ ...
References
External links
trda.lv.ukrtel.net
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Former raions of Lviv Oblast
1939 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform