Mukachevo_Raion
Mukachevo Raion
Subdivision of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
Mukachevo Raion (Ukrainian: Мукачівський район, Hungarian: Munkácsi járás) is a raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Mukachevo is the administrative center of the raion. Its population is 251,145 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Mukachevo Raion was significantly expanded.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 99,518 (2020 est.).[5]
There are several alternative names used for this raion: Hungarian: Munkácsi járás, German: Rajon Mukatschewe, Russian: Мукачевский район, Slovak: Mukačevský rajón.
Residents in seven villages of the raion have the option to learn the Hungarian language in a school or home school environment.[6]