Oleksandriia Raion

Oleksandriia Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Oleksandriia, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 223,451 (2021 est.)[1].

Oleksandriia Raion
Олександрійський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°39′4″N 33°12′38″E
Country Ukraine
RegionKirovohrad Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerOleksandriia
Subdivisions9 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorSergiy Kuzmenko
Area
 • Total1,854 km2 (716 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total223,451
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
28020—28065
Area code+380 5235
Websitehttp://alex.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Oleksandriia Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Onufriivka, Petrove, and Svitlovodsk Raions, as well as Oleksandriia and Svitlovodsk Municipalities, were merged into Oleksandriia Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 33,659 (2020 est.)[4]

Subdivisions

Before 2020
Oleksandriia Raion in Kirovohrad Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[5]

  • Nova Praha settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Nova Praha;
  • Popelnaste rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Popelnaste;
  • Pryiutivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Pryiutivka.

After 2020

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of nine hromadas:[3]

  • Nova Praha settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Nova Praha, retained from Oleksandriia Raion;
  • Oleksandriia urban hromada with the administration in the city of Oleksandriia, transferred from Oleksandriia Municipality;[6]
  • Onufriivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Onufriivka, transferred from Onufriivka Raion;[7]
  • Pantaivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Pantaivka, transferred from Oleksandriia Municipality;[8]
  • Petrove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Petrove, transferred from Petrove Raion;[9]
  • Popelnaste rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Popelnaste, retained from Oleksandriia Raion;
  • Pryiutivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Pryiutivka, retained from Oleksandriia Raion;
  • Svitlovodsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Svitlovodsk, transferred from Svitlovodsk Municipality;[10]
  • Velyka Andrusivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyka Andrusivka, transferred from Svitlovodsk Raion.[11]

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  5. "Олександрійська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  6. "Александрийская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  7. "Онуфріївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  8. "Пантаевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  9. "Петрівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  10. "Светловодская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  11. "Світловодська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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