Stryi Raion
Stryi Raion
Стрийський район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°13′37″N 23°51′59″E / 49.22694°N 23.86639°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
| Established | 1939 |
| Admin. center | Stryi |
| Subdivisions | 14 hromadas |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,854 km2 (1,488 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 319,464 |
| • Density | 82.89/km2 (214.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 82400—82489 |
| Area code | 380-3245 |
Stryi Raion (Ukrainian: Стрийський район) is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Stryi. Population: 319,464 (2022 estimate).
On 18 July 2020, as part of Ukraine's administrative reform, the number of raions in Lviv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Stryi Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Mykolaiv, Skole, and Zhydachiv Raions, as well as the cities of Morshyn, Novyi Rozdil, and Stryi, which were previously incorporated as cities of oblast significance, were merged into Stryi Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 60,912 (2020 est.).
It was established in 1939 as part of Drohobych Oblast.