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There were 490 raions in 24 oblasts and the Crimea autonomous republic of Ukraine. The number of raions per region (oblast and autonomous republic) varies between 11 and over 20. The average area of a Ukrainian raion before the reform was 1,200 km 2 (463 sq mi). The average population was 52,000.
A raion (Ukrainian: район, romanized: raion; pl. райони, raiony), often translated as district, is the second-level administrative division in Ukraine. Raions were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the Soviet Union, to which Ukraine, as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, belonged. [1] [nb 1]
The administrative reform of July 2020 merged most of the 490 legacy raions and 118 pre-2020 cities of regional significance into 136 reorganized raions, or districts of Ukraine. The next level below raions are hromadas. [3] Following the annexations of Crimea and southeastern Ukraine by the Russian Federation, Autonomous Republic of Crimea and ...
The administrative division of regions of Ukraine is not homogeneous, but it is standardized. The regions are subdivided into raions (see also urban raions), that are further divided into hromadas. Not all regions have each type of those subdivisions. The most inconsistent type of division is raion within city.
In Ukraine, there are a total of 136 raions which are the administrative divisions of oblasts (provinces) and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Major cities of regional significance as well as the two national cities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol) are also subdivided into raions (constituting a total of 118 nationwide).
An urban district or urban raion (Ukrainian: міський район, romanized: miskyi raion) is the second-level administrative division in certain cities in Ukraine. [1] There are 118 districts in 20 cities across Ukraine.
List of raions of Ukraine (1966–2020) This page was last edited on 16 August 2023, at 12:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Raions of Ukraine (4 C, 2 P) S. Administrative divisions of Sevastopol (1 C, 1 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. ...