Kosiv Raion

Kosiv Raion (Ukrainian: Косівський район) is a raion (admeenistrative destrict) o the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast o Ukraine. The ceety o Kosiv is the admeenistrative centre o the raion.

Kosiv Raion Косівський район
Raion
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Kintra	Ukraine
Region	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Established	?
Admeen. centre	Kosiv
Subdiveesions	Leet    — ceety cooncils    — settlement cooncils  — rural cooncils Number of localities:    — ceeties    — urban-teep settlements  — veelages    — rural settlements
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Yaroslav Shynkaruk
Area
• Total	903 km2 (349 sq mi)
Population
• Total	83,700
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index	285250
Aurie code	+380
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

General information

The destrict is locatit in the Precarpathie region o Ukraine. The total aurie is 903 km² wi 91,1 thoosan inhabitants.

The climate is moderately continental.

The muntains go up tae 1000 m abuin the sea level in the muntainous pairt o the raion. Thare are few big rivers amang the muntains: Cheremosh — 80 km, Pistynka — 56 km, Rybnytsa — 54 km.

Airchaeological fynds show that the territory o the raion wis inhabitit frae the Neolithic times. First written information aboot Kosiv is frae 1424. Firstly, the toun wis cried Rykiv, an anerly latter it wis renamit tae Kosiv. Ither auld dounsets o the raion are Kobaky (15t century), Kuty (1448), Vyzhnii Bereziv (1412).

Famous fowk

Famous fowk that wur born, livit or wirkit in Kosiv destrict:

• Marko Cheremshyna (1874-1927) wis a Ukrainian writer o Hutsul backgrund.
• Dmytro Pavlychko (1929) is a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, poleetical an public figur, an dissident.

Sources

• Kosiv Raion Rada Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Kosiv Information
• Kosiv Art

See an aw

• Kosovskaya Field