Tiachiv Raion

Subdivision of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Tiachiv Raion Тячівський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°1′10.8″N 23°34′4.52″E / 48.019667°N 23.5679222°E / 48.019667; 23.5679222
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Established	1946
Admin. center	Tiachiv
Subdivisions	10 hromadas
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,869.5 km² (721.8 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]
• Total	183,756
• Density	98/km² (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	380-3134
Website	tyachiv-rda.gov.ua

Tiachiv Raion (Ukrainian: Тячівський район, Romanian: Raionul Teceu, Hungarian: Técsői járás) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Tiachiv. Population: 183,756 (2022 estimate).^[2]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Tiachiv Raion was significantly expanded. ^[3]^[4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 175,048 (2020 est.).^[5]

Romanian became in September 2012 a regional language in the village of Bila Tserkva; meaning it was allowed to be used in the towns administrative office work and documents.^[6] This was made possible after new legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed in the summer of 2012.^[6] The Constitutional Court of Ukraine on 28 February 2018 ruled this legislation unconstitutional.^[7]

The raion has one city: Tiachiv, and five urban-type settlements: Bushtyno, Dubove, Solotvyno, Teresva and Ust-Chorna.^[8]

References

^ Ostapenko, Pavlo (Павло Остапенко), ed. (2020). Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian) (2nd ed.). Київ: Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України.
^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ Нові райони: карти + склад. Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Romanian becomes regional language in Bila Tserkva in Zakarpattia region". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional language law of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko". Ukrinform. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "[2001 census results for Zakarpattia oblast]". pop-stat.mashke.org. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2016.