Pidhaietskyi Raion
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Pidhaietskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Підгаєцький район) is district in western part of Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is part of the historic area known as Halychyna (Galicia). The administrative center is the city of Pidhaitsi. Koropets river flows through the district. Pidhaietskyi raion was formed into a separate district on December 6, 1991 by the decree of Ukrainian parliament. Before that it was part of neighbouring Berezhanskyi Raion
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[edit] Population
The population of the district is 22.913 inhabitants. Of this 3.203 are concentrated in Pidhaitsi, the rest in the villages cited below.
[edit] Territory
Territory (thousans hectares): 49.600
Territory (thousands square kilometers): 0.496
[edit] Villages
Names are presented in modern Ukrainian transliteration. Polish spellings (often used in documents prior to 1939 when area was part of Austro-Hungarian empire and Poland) are given in parenthesis:
- Bilokrynytsia (Bialokrinica)
- Bokiv (Bokow)
- Bronhalivka (Brongalowka)
- Vaha (Waga)
- Verbiv (Werbow)
- Volytsia (Wolica)
- Halych (Halicz) - should not bee mixed with the city of Halych, in Ivano-Frankivska oblast
- Hnylche (Hnylcze)
- Holhocha (Holhocza)
- Holendra
- Zavaliv (Zawalow) - used to be a town and is one of the most interesting larger villages in the district.
- Zahaitsi (Zahajce)
- Zastavche (Zastawcze)
- Zaturyn
- Lysa
- Lytvyniv (Litwinow)
- Myrne - former name: Telache (Telacze)
- Mykhailivka (Michalowka)
- Mozolivka (Mozolowka)
- Myzhyliv (Muzylow)
- Novosilka (Nowosilka)
- Nosiv (Nosow)
- Panovychi (Panowicze)
- Poplavy (Poplawy)
- Rudnyky (Rudniki)
- Serednie (Srednie)
- Siltse (Siolko)
- Soniachne
- Stare Misto (Stare Miasto)
- Staryi Lytvyniv (Stary Litwinow)
- Stepove
- Uhryniv (Uhrynow)
- Cherven (Czerwien)
- Shumliany (Szumliany)
- Yustynivka (Justynowka)
- Yablunivka (Jablunowka)
[edit] External links
- (English) Website about Pidhaytsi
- (English) Photos of Pidhaytsi (70 digital images from 2004)
- (English) Nature at Pidhaytsi - Photos
- (English) Pidhaytsi Jewish history
- (English) American Jewish couple visits Pidhaytsi (2001)
- (English) Pidhaytsi Jewish history - article in word
- (Ukrainian) Pidhaitsi info, history and photos
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