Stara Syniava Raion

{{short description|Former subdivision of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine}}

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| name = Stara Syniava Raion

| native_name = Старосинявський район

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Raion

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Khmelnytskyi Oblast

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = coll

| p1 = 0 — city councils

| p2 = 1 — settlement councils

| p3 = 16 — rural councils

| p4 = Number of localities:
0 — cities

| p5 = {{nowrap|1 — urban-type settlements}}

| p6 = 44 — villages

| p7 = 0 — rural settlements

| established_title1 = Established

| established_date1 = 7 March 1923

| established_title2 = Disestablished

| established_date2 = 18 July 2020

| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Stara Syniava

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| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Anatoliy Voloshyn (PR)

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 662

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| population_total = {{decrease}} 19093

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| postal_code_type = Postal index

| postal_code = 31400—31445

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| area_code = +380 3850

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Stara Syniava Raion ({{langx|uk|Старосинявський район}}, {{lang|uk-Latn|Starosyniavs'kyi raion}}) was one of the 20 administrative raions (a district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Stara Syniava. Its population was 24,985 in 2001.{{cite web|title=Stara Syniava Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=09.01.2013&rf7571=36815|work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|accessdate=9 January 2013|language=Ukrainian}}{{Dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Stara Syniava Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} The last estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|19,093}}

Geography

Stara Syniava Raion was located in the eastern part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Volhynia and Podolia historical regions.

History

It was first established on March 7, 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromadas,{{cite web |title=Старосинявська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Хмельницкая-область/Старосинявский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}} Stara Syniava settlement hromada with the administration in Stara Syniava.

Stara Syniava Raion was divided in a way that followed the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government was also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions were subdivided into councils, which were the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban localities administered their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities were organized into councils, which also might contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.

Accordingly, the Stara Syniava Raion was divided into: