Snovsky Raion

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Snovsk Raion, until May 2016 Shchors Raion, is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the town of Snovsk. Population: 23,952 (2015 est.).

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Shchors Raion to Snovsk Raion and Shchors to Snovsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snovsk_Raion
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Coordinates:   51°51'32"N   31°56'27"E
This article was last modified 7 years ago