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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]
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]
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.
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) Raions of Ukraine; Urban districts of Ukraine; U. Urban-type settlements in Ukraine This page was last edited on 11 April 2023 ...
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.
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).