Dolyna Raion

Dolyna Raion was a raion (administrative district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. The city of Dolyna was the administrative center of the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Oblast to six. The area of Dolyna Raion was merged into Kalush Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was . The raion was located in the historical land of Boyko people. At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas: Dolyna urban hromada with the administration in Dolyna; Vyhoda settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Vyhoda; Vytvytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vytvytsia. History The history of Dolyna Raion, located in the Valley of Prykarpattia, dates back to the medieval times when the Ascension Monastery was built in the area and monks started chronicling the region in 1112. The City of Dolyna was granted Magdeburg rights in 1525. One of the oldest settlements in the district, Goshiv, was established in 1469.