Volovets Raion () was a
raion
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of
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
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
urban-type settlement
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of
Volovets. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Mukachevo Raion
Mukachevo Raion (, ) is a raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of Ukraine
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on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast to six.
The last estimate of the raion population was .
See also
*
Administrative divisions of Zakarpattia Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast is subdivided into districts (''Raions of Ukraine, raions'') which are subdivided into municipalities (''hromadas'').
Current
On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to six. These are:
# Berehove Raion, Berehove (Б ...
References
External links
carpathia.gov.ua
Former raions of Zakarpattia Oblast
1946 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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