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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 ] On 17 July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved an administrative reform to merge most of the 490 raions, along with the " cities of regional significance ", which ...
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.
Raions (Ukrainian: район; pl. райони) are smaller territorial units of subdivision in Ukraine. There are 136 raions. [12] Following the December 2019 draft constitutional changes submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 136 new raions have replaced the former 490 raions of Ukraine. [13]
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).
The official names of populated places and raions in the country are determined through legislation passed by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, typically at the request of local authorities; urban districts are named by each city's municipal council or other local government.
Raions renamed by Parliament of Ukraine, with new names de facto not yet in force due to Russo-Ukrainian War (See also: Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine): Old name Region/AR Crimea New name References Kirovske Raion: AR Crimea Isliam-Terek Raion (RVRU) 1352-VIII Krasnohvardiiske Raion: AR Crimea Kurman Raion (RVRU) 1352-VIII ...
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 ...
Category: Raions of Ukraine by oblast. 4 languages. ... Raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (7 C, 6 P) K. Raions of Kharkiv Oblast (8 C, 7 P) Raions of Kherson Oblast (6 ...