Bilmak Raion

Bilmak Raion
Більмацький район
Raion
Flag of Bilmak Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Bilmak Raion
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Coordinates: 47°20′31.25″N 36°44′29.58″E / 47.3420139°N 36.7415500°E / 47.3420139; 36.7415500Coordinates: 47°20′31.25″N 36°44′29.58″E / 47.3420139°N 36.7415500°E / 47.3420139; 36.7415500
Country  Ukraine
Region Zaporizhia Oblast
Established 1935
Admin. center Bilmak
Subdivisions
Government
  Governor Volodymyr Zaykovskyi
Area
  Total 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population (2013)
  Total Decrease 23,354
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 71000—71053
Area code +380 6147
Website http://krada.da.zp.ua

Bilmak Raion (Ukrainian: Більмацький район), until May 2016 Kuibysheve Raion (Ukrainian: Куйбишевський район), is one of the 20 raions (districts) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the urban-type settlement of Bilmak. Population: 23,354(2013 est.)[1].

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kuibysheve Raion to Bilmak Raion and Kuibysheve to Bilmak according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]

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