Khmelnytskyi Raion
Khmelnytskyi Raion () is one of the three administrative raions (districts) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Khmelnytskyi. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of ...
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Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...
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province
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Ukraine
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hromada
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s of Ukraine. Its population was 17,746 according to the 2001 census. Current population is
Until 18 July 2020, Horodok was the administrative center of Horodok Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Horodok Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.
Notable people
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Clara Lemlich
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- American union organizer, suffragist
* Jan Paul Lenga - Priest,
archbishop
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Gallery
File:Вигляд зі сходу.JPG, Ancient oak in downtown Horodok
File:Smotrych Horodok.JPG, The
