Chornomorske Raion

Chernomorsky Raion
Aqmeçit rayonı
Raion
Tarhunkut Cape, Chernomorsky District
Tarhunkut Cape, Chernomorsky District
Flag of Chernomorsky Raion
Flag
Official seal of Chernomorsky Raion
Seal
Map
Location within Crimea
Country Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
RepublicCrimea
CapitalChornomorske
Subdivisions
List
  • 0 cities
  • 1 towns
  • 33 villages
Area
 • Total
1,509 km2 (583 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
30,500
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Dialing code+380-6558
Websitechero.rk.gov.ru

Chornomorske Raion (Ukrainian: Чорноморський район, Russian: Черноморский район, Crimean Tatar: Aqmeçit rayonı) is a raion (district) within boundaries of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is the southernmost subdivision of Ukraine, but since 2014 occupied and administered by the Russian Federation. Population: 30,500 (2014 Census).[1]

It is located in the far west of the republic on the Tarkhankut Peninsula. The raion's administrative centre is the town of Chornomorske.

  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.