Novoselytsia Raion

Novoselytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Новоселицький район, Romanie: Raionul Noua Suliță pronounced [raˈjonul ˈnowa ˈsulit͡sə]) is a raion (admeenistrative destrict) in Chernivtsi Oblast, (province) in the wast o Ukraine. The centre o the raion is the toun o Novoselytsia.

Novoselytsia Raion Новоселицький район Raionul Noua Suliță
Raion
Kintra	Ukraine
Region	Chernivtsi Oblast
Established	1940
Disestablished	2020
Admeen. centre	Novoselytsia
Subdiveesions	Leet    — ceety cooncils    — settlement cooncils  — rural cooncils Number of localities:    — ceeties    — urban-teep settlements 42 — veelages    — rural settlements
Govrenment
• Govrenor	N/A
Area
• Total	734 km2 (283 sq mi)
Population
• Total	87,461
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index	604XX
Aurie code	380-3733X
Website	[?]

History an population

Frae 1775 tae 1918, Bucovina wis an admeenistrative diveesion o the Habsburg Monarchy, an a province o Austrick–Hungary (Austrian hauf). Efter Warld War I, Bucovina became pairt o Romanie. In 1940, the northren hauf o Bucovina wis annexed bi the Soviet Union.

Accordin tae the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion's population wis 87,241. The ethnical composition wis as follaes:

	Total	Ukrainians	Roushies	Romanies	Moldovans	Ither
	87,461	29,703	1,235	5,904	50,329	290

Sofia Rotaru wis born in Marshintsy, ane o the Romanie speakin veelages o Novoselytskyi Raion.

Tarasivtsi veelage in the raion is notable as the anerlie place in Ukraine whaur the Moldovan (Romanie) leid haes been designatit as a regional leid. This occurred efter Ukraine permittit regional leids tae be designatit in August 2012 .

Freemit airtins

• Novoselytskyi Raion Archived 2006-09-05 at the Wayback Machine - official website (in Ukrainian)
• Verkhovna Rada website Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine - Administrative divisions of Novoselytskyi Raion (in Ukrainian)