Tysmenytsia Raion


Tysmenytsia Raion is an administrative raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. It was created on December 8, 1966 as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. Since March 28, 1982 the name of raion was changed to Tysmenytsia when the administrative center of it became the city of Tysmenytsia. Its population is approximately.

Geography

The raion is located near the eastern border of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. To the north it borders Halych Raion, to the west – Kalush and Bohorodchany raions, to the south – Kolomyia and Nadvirna raions, and to the east – Tlumach Raion with small portion of an oblast demarcation line with Ternopil Oblast. The raion completely surrounds Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality with numerous villages bordering with it and are part of the city's infrastructure: Uhryniv, Yamnytsia, Drahomyrchany, Zahvizdya, and others. The administrative center of the raion, Tysmenytsia, is only away from Ivano-Frankivsk.
The oldest settlements in the raion are Cherniiv, Stari Kryvotuly, Uhryniv, and others.

Government

There are 43 general education schools in the raion with best ones located in Tysmenytsia, Yezupil, Lysets, Markivtsi, Radcha, Stari Kryvotuly, Chorny Lis, and Uhryniv.

Administrative division

Tysmenytsia Raion is divided into several municipalities some which are urban, others are rural. There are two types of urban municipalities: city and settlement. Rural municipalities may consist of a single village or combined into several villages, however most of the rural municipalities consist of a single village. Also, the city of Tysmenytsia carries a special status of independent administration within the raion.
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Most of the populous municipalities are located next to Ivano-Frankivsk city virtually serving as the extraterritorial units of it. The smallest municipality of the raion is the Posich municipality which in 2001 accounted to only 84 residents. Note that as a settlement Posich is not the smallest.