Zhmerynka Raion
Zhmerynka Raion is one of the six raions of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Zhmerynka. 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 Zhmerynka Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Geography
Zhmerynka Raion it borders Khmelnytskyi region of Ukraine. The area of the district is 3140.1 km2. Vinnytsia Raion is located on the Podilska upland. 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 Zhmerynka Raion.
Zhmerynka 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. The soils are mostly lalfisol and typical chernozem.