Nova Ushytsia Raion ( uk, Новоушицький район, ) was one of the 20 administrative raions (a ''district'') of

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

in western

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. Its

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was located in the urban-type settlement of

Nova Ushytsia Nova Ushytsia ( uk, Нова Ушиця, yi, נײַ־אושיצע, russian: Новая Ушица) is an urban-type settlement in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Nova Ushytsia se ...

. Its population was 36,457 in the

2001 Ukrainian Census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Nova Ushytsia Raion was merged into

Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion ( uk, Кам'янець-Подільський район, ) is one of the three administrative raions (a Raions of Ukraine, ''district'') of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its Administrative centre, administ ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was

Geography

Nova Ushytsia Raion was located in the south-central part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...

and

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

historical regions. Its total area constituted and about 3.9 percent of the oblast's area.

History

Nova Ushytsia Raion was first established on March 7, 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

, Nova Ushytsia settlement hromada with the administration in Nova Ushytsia. Nova Ushytsia Raion was divided in a way that followed the general administrative scheme in Ukraine.

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was also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions were subdivided into

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s, which were the prime level of administrative division in the country. Each of the raion's urban localities administered their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities were organized into councils, which also might contain a few villages within its jurisdiction. Accordingly, the Nova Ushytsia Raion was divided into: * 1 settlement council—made up of the urban-type settlement of

(administrative center) * 21 village councils Overall, the raion had a total of 59 populated localities, consisting of one urban-type settlement, 57 villages, and one

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* {{Authority control Former raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast States and territories established in 1923 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform