Liubashivka Raion

Liubashivskyi Raion
Любашівський район
Coordinates: 47°47′40″N 30°12′18″E / 47.79444°N 30.20500°E / 47.79444; 30.20500
Country Ukraine
RegionOdesa Oblast
Established1926/1957
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerLiubashivka
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 54 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
  GovernorSerhiy Vovk
Area
  Total
11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
29,253
  Density2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
66500
Area code380-04864

Liubashivka Raion was a district in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Liubashivka. In 2001 its population was 33,000. According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of Liubașivka district spoke Ukrainian (93.13%), with Romanian (3.73%) and Russian (2.69%) speakers in the minority. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Liubashivka Raion was merged into Podilsk Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was 29,253 (2020 est.).

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:

The district was primarily Ukrainophone.

Important rivers within Liubashika Raion included the Kodyma and Tylihul Rivers.

The railway connecting Odesa and Kropyvnytskyi crossed the raion. It had two railway stations (in Zaplazy and Liubashivka).

The district also lied on 2 highways — route KyivOdesa M 05 E95; and route Chișinău (Moldova) - Kropyvnytskyi M 13 E577.