Novoselytsia Raion is a raion

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"...

 (administrative district) in 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....

, (province

Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...

) in the west of 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 center of the raion is the town of Novoselytsia

Novoselytsia

Novoselytsia or Noua Suliță is a city in Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 8,400 ....

.

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion's population was 87,241. The ethnical composition was as follows:

	Total	Ukrainians Ukrainians Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...	Russians Russians The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....	Romanians Romanians The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....	Moldovans Moldovans Moldovans or Moldavians are the largest population group of Moldova...	Other
	87,461	29,703	1,235	5,904	50,329	290

Sofia Rotaru

Sofia Rotaru

Sofia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru known as Sofia Rotaru is a Soviet and Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian/Moldavian heritage....

 was born in Marshintsy

Marshintsy

Marshintsy is one of the Romanian speaking villages of the Novoselytskyi Raion of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine . Sofia Rotaru was born in Marshintsy in 1947....

, one of the Romanian speaking villages of Novoselytskyi Raion.