A raion (; ), often translated as a district, is the second-level administrative division in Ukraine. The modern raion system originated from the 1923–1929 administrative reform in the Soviet Union, including the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and has remained part of Ukraine's administrative structure since the country's independence in 1991.Magocsi, Paul Robert (2010). A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples. University of Toronto Press, pp. 563/564 & 722/723.
On 17 July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved an administrative reform that reduced the number of raions from 490 to 136 and incorporated the former "cities of regional significance" into the newly formed raions. Most tasks previously performed at the raion level, including education, healthcare, sports facilities, culture, and social welfare, were transferred to hromadas, the subdivisions of raions.Where did 354 districts disappear to? Anatomy of loud reform, Glavcom (7 August 2020)
The 136 new districts include ten in Crimea, which has been under Russian control since 2014, although it remains internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.
Terminology Ukrainian Ukrainian translit. English Район Raion District Район у місті Raion u misti Urban district, district in a city
Districts in a cities
Two cities of national significance (Kyiv and Sevastopol) are divided into urban districts, also called districts in a city. Urban districts have their own local administration and are subordinated directly to city authorities.
List Number of raions by region RegionNumber of raions10647846567487474453753435136
Oblasts
Oblast Name Center Center population Area(km2) Population(2021 estimate)Official estimate as at 1.1.2021 by State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (on web). No. ofHromadasCherkasy OblastCherkasy RaionCherkasy274,86,882.1591,31326Uman RaionUman83,14,527.2251,40812Zolotonosha RaionZolotonosha28,34,249.1138,03611Zvenyhorodka RaionZvenyhorodka17,15,279.9197,50917Chernihiv OblastChernihiv RaionChernihiv288,310,249.0451,43020Nizhyn RaionNizhyn71,17,226.6220,64017Pryluky RaionPryluky56,35,214.2152,63211Novhorod-Siverskyi RaionNovhorod-Siverskyi134,630.563,6704Koriukivka RaionKoriukivka12,94,578.788,3295Chernivtsi OblastChernivtsi RaionChernivtsi266,54,101.5651,77233Dniester RaionKelmentsi7,32,122.5154,44010Vyzhnytsia RaionVyzhnytsia41,882.090,3549Dnipropetrovsk OblastDnipro RaionDnipro987,25,605.71,159,30217Kryvyi Rih RaionKryvyi Rih624,65,717.4755,66715Kamianske RaionKamianske240,54,821.2430,06612Nikopol RaionNikopol110,73,240.4255,5058Pavlohrad RaionPavlohrad105,22,420.9169,5097Samar RaionSamar71,43,482.9169,2758Synelnykove RaionSynelnykove31,46,616.6202,71119Donetsk OblastDonetsk RaionDonetsk924,22,895.11,490,3016Mariupol RaionMariupol440,42,623.8510,4255Horlivka RaionHorlivka2442,468.4664,9499Kramatorsk RaionKramatorsk153,95,186.3553,55912Bakhmut RaionBakhmut74,11,747.6224,5287Pokrovsk RaionPokrovsk63,04,020.0393,48714Volnovakha RaionVolnovakha21,94,449.1141,7978Kalmiuske RaionKalmiuske11,53,132.6121,2345Ivano-Frankivsk OblastIvano-Frankivsk RaionIvano-Frankivsk236,63,913.1558,13020Kalush RaionKalush66,53,555.0282,69213Kolomyia RaionKolomyia61,32,484.5275,51213Nadvirna RaionNadvirna22,11,872.0129,9398Kosiv RaionKosiv8,6853.784,4375Verkhovyna RaionVerkhovyna5,81,271.730,3993Kharkiv OblastKharkiv RaionKharkiv1443,22,644.31,745,73415Lozova RaionLozova64,74,025.9150,4005Izium RaionIzium48,25,910.2175,9868Chuhuiv RaionChuhuiv32,54,807.0197,6959Kupiansk RaionKupiansk28,74,618.1133,1358Berestyn RaionBerestyn20,94,912.8105,9486Bohodukhiv RaionBohodukhiv15,24,510.3124,9365Kherson OblastKherson RaionKherson289,13,649.9456,54810Kakhovka RaionNova Kakhovka45,46,289.7219,78315Henichesk RaionHenichesk19,56,521.7119,9014Skadovsk RaionSkadovsk17,65,248.5124,5089Beryslav RaionBeryslav12,44,764.095,96711Khmelnytskyi OblastKhmelnytskyi RaionKhmelnytskyi273,910,755.8679,37427Kamianets-Podilskyi RaionKamianets-Podilskyi994,521.2284,01015Shepetivka RaionShepetivka41,25,346.7280,40318Kirovohrad OblastKropyvnytskyi RaionKropyvnytskyi227,49,716.9437,01817Oleksandriia RaionOleksandriia79,35,409.7223,4519Novoukrainka RaionNovoukrainka16,75,198.9138,50913Holovanivsk RaionHolovanivsk64,244.3121,15010Kyiv OblastBila Tserkva RaionBila Tserkva208,96,513.1436,11513Brovary RaionBrovary108,72,883.1242,1808Boryspil RaionBoryspil62,33,874.9203,27311Fastiv RaionFastiv45,92,886.7183,7949Bucha RaionBucha35,61,544.3362,38212Obukhiv RaionObukhiv33,63,526.3228,8299Vyshhorod RaionVyshhorod29,96,913.4131,9577Luhansk OblastLuhansk RaionLuhansk403,92,147.4529,7163Alchevsk RaionAlchevsk107,42,006.1437,5133Siverskodonetsk RaionSiverskodonetsk102,42,685.7369,4216Dovzhansk RaionDovzhansk64,22,139.0206,3602Rovenky RaionRovenky46,72,087.6295,0573Svatove RaionSvatove17,15,329.178,2787Starobilsk RaionStarobilsk16,96,930.6126,0108Shchastia RaionNovoaidar8,63,380.478,9675Lviv OblastLviv RaionLviv724,34,968.51,146,53823Drohobych RaionDrohobych761,496.9235,4055Sheptytskyi RaionSheptytskyi67,22,971.6228,9457Stryi RaionStryi59,33,840.5322,85314Sambir RaionSambir34,83,250.4224,12611Zolochiv RaionZolochiv24,32,913.4160,6647Yavoriv RaionYavoriv152,378.4179,2196Mykolaiv OblastMykolaiv RaionMykolaiv483,27,433.7645,56219Pervomaisk RaionPervomaisk66,13,797.2147,7578Voznesensk RaionVoznesensk34,46,081.0178,33613Bashtanka RaionBashtanka12,76,714.9136,73912Odesa OblastOdesa RaionOdesa1017,73,922.81,382,54122Izmail RaionIzmail71,83,434.4207,3336Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi RaionBilhorod-Dnistrovskyi495,220.6198,57216Podilsk RaionPodilsk40,47,063.6224,16312Rozdilna RaionRozdilna17,83,564.4102,5849Bolhrad RaionBolhrad154,559.4146,42410Berezivka RaionBerezivka9,65,551.6106,49016Poltava OblastPoltava RaionPoltava286,710,849.6589,92224Kremenchuk RaionKremenchuk220,16,105.8392,34112Lubny RaionLubny46,25,476.9187,5387Myrhorod RaionMyrhorod39,16,287.4201,72817Rivne OblastRivne RaionRivne245,67,218.0629,53126Varash RaionVarash42,43,327.2138,5998Dubno RaionDubno383,294.6167,72819Sarny RaionSarny29,26,219.0212,59811Sumy OblastSumy RaionSumy263,56,499.4440,61816Konotop RaionKonotop86,35,190.6198,2388Shostka RaionShostka755,072.3182,79210Okhtyrka RaionOkhtyrka48,53,196.6122,1469Romny RaionRomny40,53,882.7109,6588Ternopil OblastTernopil RaionTernopil221,86,162.3562,14225Chortkiv RaionChortkiv295,022.0326,74522Kremenets RaionKremenets21,22,635.7141,6758Vinnytsia OblastVinnytsia RaionVinnytsia370,76,888.9652,12616Zhmerynka RaionZhmerynka34,33,150.6161,5448Mohyliv-Podilskyi RaionMohyliv-Podilskyi31,23,220.5142,4567Khmilnyk RaionKhmilnyk27,43,701.1183,9139Haisyn RaionHaisyn25,85,674.8236,80314Tulchyn RaionTulchyn14,93,858.4152,2819Volyn Oblast Lutsk Raion Lutsk221,1 5,247.8 456,928 15 Kovel Raion Kovel68,2 7,647.9 268,082 23 Volodymyr Raion Volodymyr38,9 2,558.2 171,264 11 Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion Kamin-Kashyrskyi12,5 4,693.4 131,123 5Zakarpattia Oblast Uzhhorod Raion Uzhhorod114,9 2,359.5 255,532 14 Mukachevo Raion Mukachevo85,9 2,054.0 252,616 13 Khust Raion Khust28,5 3,174.4 267,333 13 Berehove Raion Berehove23,7 1,458.7 207,719 10 Rakhiv Raion Rakhiv15,5 1,845.2 82,397 4 Tiachiv Raion Tiachiv9 1,869.5 184,532 10Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Raion Zaporizhzhia731,9 4,674.6 855,297 17 Melitopol Raion Melitopol153,1 7,081.0 280,816 16 Berdiansk Raion Berdiansk109,2 4,461.6 179,118 8Атлас Адміністративно-територіального устрою Запорізької області Polohy Raion Polohy19,3 6,762.5 167,060 15 Vasylivka Raion Vasylivka13,7 4,287.3 184,224 11Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Raion Zhytomyr264,5 10,505.8 613,311 31 Berdychiv Raion Berdychiv75,4 3,014.1 159,164 10 Korosten Raion Korosten63,3 11,066.8 255,480 13 Zviahel Raion Zviahel56,3 5,242.6 167,540 12
Changes As a result of decommunization and derussification efforts, many toponyms have been renamed, including some raions. Novomoskovsk Raion → Samar Raion Krasnohrad Raion → Berestyn Raion Severodonetsk Raion → Siverskodonetsk Raion Chervonohrad Raion → Sheptytskyi Raion Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion → Zviahel Raion
Autonomous Republic of Crimea In 2014, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.
The populations in the table are from the census of 2001.
# Name Center Year Area(km2) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Bakhchysarai Raion Bakhchysarai 2023 1,589 92,617 58 1 2 15 2 Bilohirsk Raion Bilohirsk 2023 3,106 122,259 39 1 2 35 3 Dzhankoi Raion Dzhankoi 2023 2,693 125,333 47 1 2 26 4 Feodosia Raion Feodosia 2023 3,177 231,666 73 3 8 47 5 Kerch Raion Kerch 2023 3,027 226,660 75 2 2 24 6 Perekop Raion Yany Kapu 2023 2,646 126,110 48 2 2 25 7 Kurman Raion Kurman 2023 3,240 134,035 41 0 3 34 8 Simferopol Raion Simferopol 2023 1,860 512,527 276 1 8 19 9 Yalta Raion Yalta 2023 883 198,161 224 3 22 33 10 Yevpatoria Raion Yevpatoria 2023 3,860 264,368 68 3 5 33
See also Administrative divisions of Ukraine Oblasts of Ukraine Hromada Povit
Notes
References
External links 2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure Regions of Ukraine and its composition