Borshchiv Raion

Borshchiv Raion
Борщівський район
Raion
From top: People's House in Borshchiv, Dniester Canyon, Kudryntsi Castle, Panorama of Kasperivtsi
Flag of Borshchiv raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Borshchiv raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°48′17″N 26°02′25″E / 48.80483°N 26.04034°E / 48.80483; 26.04034
Country Ukraine
RegionTernopil Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBorshchiv
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
    1 city
  • 5 urban-type settlements
  • 70 villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,006 km2 (388 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total64,966
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
487
Area code380
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Borshchiv Raion (Ukrainian: Борщівський район, romanized: Borshchivskyi raion), historically known as Bezirk Borszczów, was a raion (district) within Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine, in a historical region known as Galicia and bordering Podollia. The administrative center of the raion was Borshchiv, its only city. The district encompassed Borshchiv, two towns, five hromadas and 70 villages. Mainly agricultural, its warmer climate supported a variety of crops including wheat, sugar beets, tobacco, barley, and hemp.

The district's human history dates back to the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods and several archaeological sites have been dated back to the earliest human occupation of Ukraine, as well as to later Bronze Age occupations. During the Middle Ages, modern-day Borshchiv Raion fell under Kievan Rus' and then Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth rule.

The raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 64,966 (2020 est.).[3]

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ 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.