{{Short description|Subdivision of Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Tulchyn Raion | native_name = Тульчинський район | native_name_lang = uk<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. --> | settlement_type = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Tulchin rayon prapor.gif | flag_alt = Flag of Tulchynskyi Raion | image_shield = Tylchynskyi rayon gerb.png | shield_alt = Coat of arms of Tulchynskyi Raion | image_map = {{maplink | frame = yes | plain = yes | frame-align = center | frame-width = 280 | frame-height = 280 | frame-coord = SWITCH:{{coord|qid=Q103819915}}###{{coord|48|58|38.2|N|28|41|48.7|E}}###{{coord|48|16|55.8|N|31|10|56.4|E}} | zoom = SWITCH:8;7;4 | type = SWITCH:shape;point;point | marker = city | fill = #0096FF | fill-opacity = 0 | stroke-width = 2 | stroke-color = #5f5f5f | id2 = SWITCH:Q103819915;Q166709;Q212 | type2 = shape-inverse | stroke-width2 = 2 | stroke-color2 = #5f5f5f | switch = Tulchyn Raion;Vinnytsia Oblast;Ukraine }} | image_map1 = Tulchinskiy rayon 2020.png | mapsize = 225px | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|48|40|00|N|28|48|00|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Vinnytsia Oblast]] | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts = [[#Subdivisions|9 hromadas]] | established_title = Established | established_date = 1923 | seat_type = [[Administrative centre|Admin. center]] | seat = [[Tulchyn]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Anatoliy Buzyk | leader_title1 = Chairman | leader_name1 = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atlas_novogo_atu_2020.pdf |date=2020 |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України |editor-last=Ostapenko |editor-first=Pavlo (Павло Остапенко) |edition=2nd |location=Київ |language=uk |script-title=uk:Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 3858.4 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="ua2022estimate"/> | population_total = 149429 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone1 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset1 = +02:00 | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +03:00 | postal_code_type = [[Ukrainian postal codes|Postal index]] | postal_code = 23600—23665 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Ukraine|Area code]] | area_code = +380 4335 | iso_code = | website = http://tulchin-rada.org.ua/ | footnotes = }} '''Tulchyn Raion''' ({{langx|uk|Тульчинський район}}) is one of the six [[raions of Ukraine|raions]] (districts) of [[Vinnytsia Oblast]], located in southwestern [[Ukraine]]. The administrative center of the raion is the town of [[Tulchyn]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|149429|.}}
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Tulchyn Raion was significantly expanded.<!--Two abolished raions, [[Chornobai Raion|Chornobai]] and [[Drabiv Raion]]s, as well as the city of Tulchyn, which was previously incorporated as a [[City of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]] and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Tulchyn Raion.--><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-18 |script-title=uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. |language=uk |work=Голос України |url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 |access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref><ref name="2020_reform_maps">{{Cite web |date=2020-07-17 |script-title=uk:Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=uk}}</ref> The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|53,426|.}}
== Geography == Tulchyn Raion is located in the south of Vinnytsia region. It borders with [[Moldova]]. The area of the district is 3859.2 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |title=Децентралізація в Україн |url=https://decentralization.ua/newrayons/1301 |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=decentralization.ua}}</ref>
Tulchyn Raion district is located on the [[Podolian Upland|Podilska]] upland. The highest point in the district is 323 m.The relief of the district is an undulating plain, cut by river valleys, ravines, and gullies.<ref name=":1">Національний атлас України, с. 42 Retrieved 2025-06-28</ref>
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +20 °C, in January −5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 520 to 590 mm, changing from west to east.<ref>Національний атлас України, с. 167 Retrieved 2025-06-28</ref>
The watershed between the [[Dniester]] and [[Southern Bug]] river basins runs through the Tulchyn Raion..<ref name=":1" />
Tulchyn Raion is located in the forest-steppe natural zone. Among the trees in the forests, oaks and hornbeam dominate. Typical large mammals are elk, roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, beavers, hares and wolves. <ref name=":2">[https://vin.gov.ua/images/UPRTER/2024/ogoloshennya/Ekologichnuy%20pasport%202024_%20.pdf ''Екологічний паспорт Вінницької області'' за 2024 рік] Retrieved 2025-06-28</ref>
Tulchyn Raion has reserves of [[limestone]] and [[granite]].<ref>Національний атлас України, p.126 Retrieved 2025-06-28</ref>
== Communities of the district == Number of settlements 189. Number of cities – 1. Tulchyn Raion includes 9 [[Hromada|territorial communities]]. It includes: urban - Tulchynska, rural - Gorodkivska, Studenyanska, settlement - Kryzhopilska, Bratslavska, Pishchanska, Vapnyarska, Tomashpilska, Shpykivska territorial communities..<ref name=":0" />
== Transport == Tulchyn Raion is crossed by railway tracks and highways by the Vinnytsia connection.<ref>Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України від 30 січня 2019 року № 55 [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/55-2019-%D0%BF#Text «Про затвердження переліку автомобільних доріг загального користування державного значення»] Retrieved 2025-06-28</ref>
== Bibliography ==
* Національний атлас України/НАН України, Інститут географії, Державна служба геодезії, картографії та кадастру; голов. ред. Л. Г. Руденко; голова ред. кол.Б.Є. Патон. — К.: ДНВП «Картографія», 2007. — 435 с. — 5 тис.прим. — ISBN 978-966-475-067-4. * Географічна енциклопедія України : [у 3 т.] / редкол.: О. М. Маринич (відповід. ред.) та ін. — К., 1989—1993. — 33 000 екз. — ISBN 5-88500-015-8.
== Localities == * [[Marusyne, Vinnytsia Oblast|Marusyne]] * [[Zhabokrych]]
==References== {{reflist}}{{Tulchyn Raion}}{{Vinnytsia Oblast}} [[Category:Tulchyn Raion| ]] [[Category:Raions of Vinnytsia Oblast]] [[Category:1923 establishments in Ukraine]] {{Authority control}}