Bohorodchany Raion


Bohorodchany raion is a district of the Ivano-Frankivsk Region in Ukraine. The town of Bohorodchany is the administrative center of the district. The raion is vaguely reminiscent with the Bohorodczan Powiat of the Stanisławów Voivodeship. Population:.

Geography

The district is located in the south-western part of the Ivano-Frankivsk Region stretching from its center towards peaks of the Carpathian Mountains that serve as a natural border between Prykarpattia and Zakarpattia. To the west of the district is located the Rozhniativ district, to the north - Kalush, north-east - Tysmenytsia, south-east - Nadvirna. The Bohorodchany district also has a small border with the Zakarpattia Region.
The physical geography of the district is not the same and divided into three landscape zones: plains, piedmont, mountains. The highest peak is the mountain Syvulia which is located on the border of Bohorodchany and Rozhniativ districts and is part of Gorgany mountainous system. Two major rivers that flow through the area are Bystrytsias of Solotvyn and Nadvirna.
Nature protected areasMunicipality
Skete of Manyava Botanic ReserveManyava
Manayva Waterfall, Landmark of NatureManyava

The total area of forests in the district is which is over 50% of the district's territory. In the middle of the Carpathian Gorgany is located a botanic reserve "Skete of Manyava" known as a local arboretum which contains selection of Larix decidua. Near the reserve is located over tall waterfall, a local Landmark of Nature. Near the village of Starunya is located a unique mud volcano.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 32 municipalities: two - urban, 30 - rural. Within the district are located 41 settlements and no cities. All municipalities are named after their administrative centers and may include other settlements within their territories.

Government

The government in the district is headed by the chairman of the district state administration appointed by the President of Ukraine. The governor appoints his deputies forming his regional governing cabinet to supervise the government policies in the region. Aside of the state administration the region has its own council that is headed by its chairman. The composition of the council depends on the popular vote in the region, while the chairman is elected within the elected council.
;Regional State Administration
The District State Administration consists of the chairman, his deputies, and secretary who heads the supporting "aparat" of the administration. Within the administration are numerous departments, each of them headed by a chief of department. The Bohorodchany District State Administration has 13 departments and other government institutions such as the Children Service, regional state archives, and others.
  • Chairman: Volodymyr Yefimchuk
Brief description of the chairman: born in Volyn Oblast in 1952, finished Lviv Agro-economical Institute in 1979, distinguished agronomy specialist, headed the district administration in 2003-05. In early 2010 Yefimchuk replaced on this post Liliya Kontsur.
;District council
  • Chairman: Mykhailo Holovchuk
Brief description of the chairman: born in Nadvirna Raion in 1959, finished Kiev College of electronics in 1979, Afghanistan veteran, since 1984 worked within the district. In late 2010 Holovchuk changed on this post Volodymyr Tymchyshyn.

Transportation

The districts infrastructure is poorly developed, however there are several highway routes passing through it.
;Main Highways
  • traveling from Ivano-Frankivsk to Nadvirna the highway passes through the town of Bohorodchany heading further to Yaremche.
  • , an exclusive highway that is completely within the district and runs from Bohorodchany to the village of Stara Huta in Carpathians.
  • , a regional route Rozhniativ-Kosmach-Nadvirna that connects the district with its neighbors.

    Mass media

There is a district newspaper "Voice of People" and one radio station "Source".

Tourist attractions

;Hotels
There are five hotels in the district and one sanatorium located closer to mountains. The town of Bohorodchany only provides two hotels with only 24 rooms, however bigger hotels could be found in neighboring villages. The sanatorium "Synyohora Residence" is a state touristic-health improving complex located in a remote village of Huta. The distance to the closest rail terminal in Ivano-Frankivsk is from 13 to 60 km.
;Museum Fund
  • Historic-Regional Museum of Fedanyk
  • History Museum of the Forest Factory
  • Museum of ethnography and traditions of the village
  • Museum of Nature
  • Historic-Architecture Museum
;Government Protected areas
  • National Landmark of Architecture Monastery-Skete Complex, Manyava, Protection# 239
  • National Landmark of Architecture Church of Nativity of Jesus, Pidhir'ya, Protection# 1141
  • National Landmark of Archeology "Multi-layers Settlement Starunia-1"
  • National Landmark of Architecture Dominican Monastery Complex, Bohorodchany, Protection# 234
;Local Landmarks
There are 15 archeological sites near the village of Starunia that identified as local Landmarks, three more sites are near the village of Hrabovets. There are also archeological landmarks near the villages of Horokholyna, Manyava, and Molodkiv.
;Writers who commemorated their work to the region
  • Antin Mohylnytsky, a Ukrainian poet, a Greek-Catholic priest
  • Yulian Tselvych, a Ukrainian historian and pedagogue