Rural council (Ukraine)
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A rural council or officially, village council (Ukrainian: сільська́ ра́́да, silska rada), often shortened to (Ukrainian: сільра́́да, silrada) is a local government area that is associated with rural populated places in Ukraine. These populated places can refer to either villages (Ukrainian: село, selo) or rural settlements (Ukrainian: селище, selysche).
Their status was defined by a 1997 Verkhovna Rada law "On the Local Self-Government of Ukraine."[1]
In 2015, there was a total of 10,279 rural councils.[2]
See also
- Settlement council (Ukraine), similar administrative division for urban-type settlements
- Selsoviet
References
- ↑ Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine law No. 280/97-вр: Про місцеве самоврядування в Україні (On the Local Self-Government of Ukraine). Adopted on 4 May 1997. (Ukrainian)
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