Putyla Rayon

Putyla Rayon (Путильський район. Raionul Putila) is an administrative rayon (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. The region has an area of 884 km² and 25,300 inhabitants, and centers on the city of Putyla.

History and population
Until 1775 Bucovina was part of the voivodate of Moldavia From 1775 to 1918, Bucovina was an administrative division of the Habsburg Monarchy, and a province of Austria–Hungary (Austrian half). After World War I, Bucovina became part of Romania. In 1940, the northern half of Bucovina was annexed by the Soviet Union.

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the rayon's population was 25,182. The ethnical composition was as follows:

Conform recensământului efectuat de autoritățile ucrainene în anul 2001, populația raionului Putila era de 25.352 locuitori, fiind împărțită în următoarele grupuri etnice:


 * Ucraineni - 25.182 (99,32%)
 * Ruși - 98 (0,38%)
 * Moldoveni - 20 (0,075%)
 * Români - 19 (0,075%)
 * Bieloruși - 10 (0,039%)
 * Poloni - 7 (0,027%)
 * Evrei - 4.

De asemenea, 13% din populația raionului locuia în așezări urbane (3.296 locuitori) și 87% în așezări rurale (22.056 locuitori).

Cea mai populată localitate a raionului este orașul Putila - 3.265 locuitori, restul localităților având puțini locuitori.

Sofia Rotaru was born in Marshintsy, one of the Romanian speaking villages of Novoselytskyi Raion.

Tarasivtsi village in the rayon is notable as the only place in Ukraine where the Moldovan (Romanian) language has been designated as a regional language. This occurred after Ukraine permitted regional languages to be designated in August 2012.

Settlements
Novoselytsia Rayon is composed by:
 * 1 tows - Novoselytsia Noua Suliță - administrative seat


 * 42 villages, dintre care:
 * 30 communes or selsoviets as follows:


 * 12 villages, which are not selsoviets and do not have their own administration, as follows:

Out of those, 8 selsviets (Boian, Cernăuca, Lehăcenii Tăutului (Priprutea), Leușenii Tăutului (Zelenîi Gai), Mahala, Slobozia Rarancei și Toporăuți) and 6 villages (Buda, Cotul Boianului, Cotul Ostriței, Hlinița (Gai), Prut și Revcăuți) are part of Bucovina, and the other 22 selsoviets and 6 villages, as well as the town of Noua Suliță are part of Bessarabia.