Berdiansk Raion

Berdiansk Raion or Berdyansk Raion (Ukrainian: Бердянський район) is one of the 5 raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Berdiansk. The raion has access to the northern coast the Sea of Azov. The population is 179,118 (2021 est.)[2].

Berdiansk Raion
Бердянський район
Raion
Berdianskyi Raion
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Coordinates: 44°30′0.15″N 33°36′0.12″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZaporizhzhia Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerBerdiansk
Subdivisions8 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Chepurnyi
Area
[1]
 • Total4,461.56 km2 (1,722.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total179,118
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
71128—71170
Area code+380 6153
Websitehttp://www.berda.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Berdiansk Raion was significantly expanded. [3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 24,274 (2020 est.)[5]

References
  1. https://www.zoda.gov.ua/files/WP_Article_File/original/000142/142760.pdf
  2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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