page_title: Novoselytsia Raion
section_title: History and population
hierarchical_section_title: Novoselytsia Raion / History and population
caption_attribution_description: English: Austria KK stamp, issue 1874, cancelled NOVOSELITZA, Bucovina (now Ukraine) - Klein type 439 (year blacked)
context_page_description: Novoselytsia Raion is a raion in Chernivtsi Oblast, in the west of Ukraine. The western part of its territory lies in the historical region of Bukovina, the eastern part in Bessarabia, while one village is part of the Hertza region. The center of the raion is the town of Novoselytsia. Population: 78,075
context_section_description: From 1775 to 1918, Bukovina was an administrative division of the Habsburg Monarchy, and a province of Austria–Hungary (Austrian half). After World War I, Bucovina became part of Romania. In 1940, the northern half of Bucovina was annexed by the Soviet Union.
  According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion's population was 87,241. The ethnical composition was as follows:
  Sofia Rotaru was born in Marshintsy, one of the Romanian speaking villages of Novoselytskyi Raion.
  The village of Tarasivtsi, located in the raion, is notable as the only place in Ukraine where the Moldovan (Romanian) language has been designated as a regional language. This occurred after Ukraine permitted regional languages to be designated in August 2012 .
caption: Austrian stamp cancelled around 1874 in the Bukovina province
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