Chornomorske Raion

Chernomorsky Raion

Aqmeçit rayonı
Chernomorsky Raion Aqmeçit rayonı
Raion
	Tarhunkut Cape, Chernomorsky District
	Flag Seal
	Location within Crimea
Country	Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
Republic	Crimea
Capital	Chornomorske
Subdivisions	List 0 cities; 1 towns; 33 villages;
Area
• Total	1,509 km2 (583 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	30,500
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Dialing code	+380-6558
Website	chero.rk.gov.ru

Chornomorske Raion (Ukrainian: Чорноморський район, Russian: Черноморский район, Crimean Tatar: Aqmeçit rayonı) is a raion (district) within boundaries of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is the southernmost subdivision of Ukraine, but since 2014 occupied and administered by the Russian Federation. Population: 30,500 (2014 Census).^[1]

It is located in the far west of the republic on the Tarkhankut Peninsula. The raion's administrative centre is the town of Chornomorske.

Settlements and Population[edit]

The raion contains the urban-type settlement of Chornomorske, 31 villages:

Daleke
Dozorne
Hromove
Kalynivka
Khmelove
Kop-Aran
Krasna Poliana
Krasnosilske
Krasnoyarske
Kuznetske
Lenske
Maiak
Mariine
Medvedeve
Mizhvodne
Novoivanivka
Novosilske
Okunivka
Olenivka
Severne
Snizhne
Tarkhankut
Toka
Vnukove
Vodopiine
Volodymyrivka
Zadorne
Zaitseve
Zhuravlivka
Znamianka
Zoriane

And two rural-type settlements: Ozerivka and Nyzivka.

Demographics[edit]

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the district counted a population of 34,112 people. Ethnic Russians make up a narrow majority, while Ukrainians are the biggest minorty, accounting for a bit less than one third of the population. Other significant minorities are Crimean Tatars, Tatars, Belarusians and Black Sea Germans.^[2]

Ethnic groups in the Chornomorske district
			percent
Russians			52.8%
Ukrainians			29.3%
Crimean Tatars			12.7%
Belarusians			1.5%
Tatars			1.5%
Germans			0.5%
Armenians			0.2%
Uzbeks			0.2%
others			1.3%

2020 Ukrainian Administrative Reform[edit]

In July 2020, Ukraine conducted an administrative reform throughout its de jure territory. This included Crimea, which was at the time occupied by Russia, and is still ongoing as of October 2023. Crimea was reorganized from 14 raions and 11 municipalities into 10 raions, with municipalities abolished altogether. Chornomorsk Raion was abolished, and its territories to become a part of Yevpatoria Raion, but this has not yet been implemented due to the ongoing Russian occupation.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
^ "Перепись населения 2001 года". www.sf.ukrstat.gov.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-07-16.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-16.