Hlybotskyi Raion
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Hlyboka Raion is an administrative district
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

 of Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the Dniester and Prut rivers....

 in western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. The population of the raion as of 2001 is 72,682 inhabitants http://www.statoids.com/yua.html, its area covers 686 km2. The administrative center is the town of Hlyboka. There are 37 villages in the raion.

In Hlybotskyi Raion there are 46 secondary schools. Among them, in 25 schools students acquire education in the Ukrainian language, in 20 schools in Romanian, and in one in Russian. There is also one vocational school.

According to the Ukraine Census (2001), the 72,676 residents of the raion reported themselves as following: Ukrainians: 34,025, Romanians: 32,923, Moldovans: 4,425, Russians: 877, and other: 426.

The Raion has also 34 public hospitals and clinics.

See also

  • Subdivisions of Ukraine
  • Chernivtsi Oblast
    Chernivtsi Oblast
    Chernivtsi Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the Dniester and Prut rivers....

  • Hlyboka
  • Voloka, Ukraine
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