Bakhchysarai Raion

Bakhchysarai Raion Бахчисарайський район
Raion
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Raion location within Crimea
Coordinates: 48°8′37.93″N 37°44′54.01″E / 48.1438694°N 37.7483361°E / 48.1438694; 37.7483361Coordinates: 48°8′37.93″N 37°44′54.01″E / 48.1438694°N 37.7483361°E / 48.1438694; 37.7483361
Country	Ukraine
Region	Crimea
Admin. center	Bakhchysarai
Subdivisions	List 1 cities 3 towns 82 villages
Area
• Total	1,589 km2 (614 sq mi)
Population
• Total	92,542
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+380-6554
Website	http://www.brda.gov.ua/

Bakhchysarai Raion (Ukrainian: Бахчисарайський район; Russian: Бахчисарайский район; Crimean Tatar: Bağçasaray rayonı) is one of the 25 regions of Crimea. Bakhchysarai Raion is situated in the southwestern part of the republic. Two thirds of the raion's area is mountainous, while the northwestern part of the region is occupied by the coastal plain.

Raion contains great number of historical landmarks of the ancient history and the middle ages history of Crimea, among which are so called cave cities Chufut-Kale, Mangup, and others. The administrative center of the raion, Bakhchysarai, in the past was a capital of the Crimean Khanate.

In the town of Nauchniy which is part of Bakhchysarai city is located the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

Places of interest

• Bakhchisaray Palace
• The "cave city" of Çufut Qale
• The "cave city" of Eski Kermen
• Mangup
• The "cave city" of Tepe Kermen
• Uspensky Cave Monastery^[1]

Footnotes and references

External links

• Local government body

	(Black Sea)	Simferopol Raion	Simferopol Raion
	Sevastopol		Alushta municipality
	Bakhchysarai
	Sevastopol	Yalta municipality	Yalta municipality

v t e Populated settlements of Bakhchysarai Raion Administrative center: Bakhchysarai Cities Bakhchysarai Towns Kuibysheve Nauchnyi Poshtove Villages Aivove Aromat Аromatne Bahata Ushchelyna Bashtanivka Berehove Bilokam Yane Bohatyr Bryanske Dachne Dolynne Dorozhnie Dibrivka Furmanovka Hirka Hlybokyi Yar Holubynka Kazanky Kashtany Khodzha Sala Kholmivka Kocherhine Krasna Zoria Krasnyi Mak Kudryne Male Sadove Malynivka Malovydne Mashyne Mnohorichia Mostove Nahirne Nekrasovka, Bakhchysarai Raion Nyzhnia Holubynka Novenke Novovasylivka Novopavlivka Novopillia Novoulyanovka Peredushchelne Plodove Plotynne Poliana, Crimea Pryiatne Svidannia Prokhladne Pishchane Putylivka Riepine Richne Rozove Rozsadne Rostuche Samokhvalove Sevastianivka Shevchenkove Shchaslyve Synapne Skalyste Sokolyne Soniachnosillia Suvorove Tabachne Tankove Tinyste Topoli Trudoliubivka Turhenievka Uhlove Velyke Sadove Verkhorichchya Vysoke Vidradne Viktorivka Viline Zavitne Zaliznychne Zalisne Zelene Zubakine Settlements Stalne Syren

v t e Administrative divisions of Crimea Capital: Simferopol Districts Bakhchysarai Bilohirsk Chornomorske Dzhankoy Kirovske Krasnohvardiiske Krasnoperekopsk Lenine Nyzhnohirskyi Pervomaiske Rozdolne Saky Simferopol Sovietskyi Municipalities Alushta Armyansk Dzhankoy Kerch Krasnoperekopsk Saky Simferopol Sudak Feodosiya Yalta Yevpatoria Cities Regional Alushta Armyansk Dzhankoy Feodosiya Kerch Krasnoperekopsk Saky Simferopol Sudak Yalta Yevpatoria District Alupka Bakhchysarai Bilohirsk Scholkine Staryi Krym Urban-type settlements · Category:Crimea