Tulchyn Raion
Tulchyn Raion is one of the six raions of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Tulchyn. Population:
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. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Geography
Tulchyn Raion is located in the south of Vinnytsia region. It borders with Moldova. The area of the district is 3859.2 km2.Tulchyn Raion district is located on the 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.
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.
The watershed between the Dniester and Southern Bug river basins runs through the Tulchyn Raion..
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.
Tulchyn Raion has reserves of limestone and granite.