Raions of Ukraine
Raions of Ukraine (often translated "districts"; Ukrainian: райони України, romanized: raiony Ukrainy) are the second level of administrative division in Ukraine, below the oblast ("province"). 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]
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| Category | Second level of subdivision |
| Location |  Ukraine |
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| Number | 136 (as of 2020) |
| Populations | ~150,000 |
| Areas | 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) |
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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 were previously outside the raions, into just 136 reformed raions.[3] These 136 districts include ten in Crimea, which are de facto outside Ukrainian control. New third-level hromadas have taken over most tasks of the raions (education, healthcare, sport facilities, culture, and social welfare).[4]
Terminology
| Ukrainian | Ukrainian translit. | English |
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| Район | Raion | District[5][6] |
| Район у місті | Raion u misti | Urban district, district of a city |
Districts of cities
Some cities of oblast subordination, along with the two cities of national significance (Kyiv and Sevastopol[nb 2]), are also divided in city raions, also called urban raions. City raions have their own local administration and are subordinated directly to a city. They may contain other cities, towns, and villages.
July 2020 reform
On 17 July 2020, the number of raions in Ukraine was reduced to 136 from the previous 490.
List
Source: New rayons(sic): maps and structure and with maps Note: the Russian Republic of Crimea continues to use the same administrative divisions. Raions located in the occupied Donbass territories (see below in grey) are currently only de jure.
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Following the 2014 Crimean crisis, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[7]
The populations in the table are from the latest census, the Ukrainian Census (2001).
| # | Name | Center | Year | Area (km2) | Population | Density | Councils (municipalities) | ||
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| 1 | Bakhchysarai Raion | Bakhchysarai | 1923 | 1,589 | 92,617 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | Bilohirsk Raion | Bilohirsk | 1930 | 3,106 | 122,259 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | Dzhankoi Raion | Dzhankoi | 1921 | 2,693 | 125,333 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Feodosia Raion | Feodosia | 2020 | 3,177 | 231,666 | 73 | 3 | 8 | 47 |
| 5 | Kerch Raion | Kerch | 2020 | 3,027 | 226,660 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Perekop Raion | Yani Qapu | 1935 | 2,646 | 126,110 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Qurman Raion | Qurman | 1944 | 3,240 | 134,035 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Simferopol Raion | Simferopol | 1965 | 1,860 | 512,527 | 276 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | Yalta Raion | Yalta | 2020 | 883 | 198,161 | 224 | 3 | 22 | 33 |
| 10 | Yevpatoria Raion | Yevpatoria | 2020 | 3,860 | 264,368 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
- Changes
- Nyzhnohirskyi Raion merged into Bilohirsk Raion.
- Yevpatoria Raion (new) created from Saky Raion, Chornomorske Raion, and Yevpatoria.
- Kerch Raion (new) created from Kerch and Lenine Raion.
- Perekop Raion (new) created from Krasnoperekopsk, Armiansk, Krasnoperekopsk Raion, and Rozdolne Raion.
- Dzhankoi Raion included the city of Dzhankoi.
- Simferopol Raion included the city of Simferopol.
- Feodosia (new) created from Sovietskyi Raion, Kirovske Raion, Feodosia, and Sudak.
- Yalta Raion (new) created from Yalta and Alushta.
Other oblasts
See also
Notes
- Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union from 1920 until declaring its independence in 1991.[2]
- Sevastopol, a city with special status under Ukrainian law, was annexed by Russia in 2014.[7]
References
- Liber, George O. (2016). Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954. University of Toronto Press. p. ix/xx. ISBN 9781442627086.
- Magocsi, Paul Robert (2010). A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples. University of Toronto Press, pp. 563/564 & 722/723. ISBN 1442610212
- "Україна з новим адмінтерустроєм: парламент створив 136 нових районів та ліквідував 490 старих". Decentralization Reform (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2020.
"The council reduced the number of districts in Ukraine: 136 instead of 490". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2020. - Where did 354 districts disappear to? Anatomy of loud reform, Glavcom (7 August 2020) (in Ukrainian)
- "Regions and cities". vininvest.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2016-12-26.
- "Regions of Ukraine". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- Gutterman, Steve. "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- Official estimate as at 1.1.2021 by State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (on web).
- Атлас Адміністративно-територіального устрою Запорізької області
External links
- 2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure (in Ukrainian)
- Regions of Ukraine and its composition (in Ukrainian)