Before 2020, the second level of administrative division in Ukraine consisted of raions and cities of regional significance. The total number of second-level administrative units was 677, including 490 districts and 187 cities of regional significance.
On July 17, 2020, by the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine № 807-IX "On formation and liquidation of districts", 136 new raions were created to replace the previous 490 raions, while cities of regional significance were incorporated into these new raions. Their powers were reduced, as many responsibilities were passed to lower (hromadas) and higher (oblasts) levels.
This list does not include Chernobyl Raion, which was abolished in 1988 and merged into Ivankiv Raion, about two years after the Chernobyl disaster.
Terminology Ukrainian Ukrainian translit. English Comment Район Rajon District Sometimes these districts are also known as rural districts to distinguish them from raions in city or city districts. Район у місті Rajon u misti Urban districts, districts of cities
Overview Raions of oblasts and the autonomous republic There were 490 raions in 24 oblasts and Autonomous Republic of Crimea. 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 . The average population was 52,000.
The city municipalities of regional (oblast) significance (abbr. MOZ) had an independent of raion jurisdiction. The number of such cities (MOZ) varied from one region to another.
Each raion consisted of urban (towns) or rural (villages), smaller municipalities that were administrated by their local councils (selsoviet, silrada) and subordinated to raion's or city's administrations. They were the lowest level of administrative division.
Districts of cities
Some cities of oblast subordination along with the two cities of national significance (Kyiv and Sevastopol) are also divided in "city raions". "City raions" have their own local administration and are subordinated directly to a city. They may contain other cities, towns, and villages.
List of raions within each region Note: region is a general term referring to oblasts, the republicIn 2014, Crimea was annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Sevastopol was annexed by Russia as well. and cities with special status. The population recorded in the table is listed in accordance to the latest census taken in the country, Ukrainian Census (2001). Asterisk (*) identifies raions with administrative centers located outside of them (usually separately incorporated).
I. Autonomous Republic of Crimea # Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Bakhchysarai Bakhchysarai 1923 1,589 92,617 58 1 2 15 2 Bilohirsk Bilohirsk 1921 1,894 66,396 35 1 1 17 3 Dzhankoy* Dzhankoy 1921 2,667 81,990 31 0 2 26 4 Kirovske (Islam-Terek) Kirovske (Islam-Terek) 1935 1,209 57,686 48 1 1 11 5 Krasnohvardiiske (Qurman) Krasnohvardiiske (Qurman) 1944 1,766 93,686 53 0 2 18 6 Krasnoperekopsk* (Perekop) Krasnoperekopsk (Yani Kapu) 1935 1,231 31,516 26 0 0 12 7 Lenine (Yedi Quyu) Lenine (Yedi Quyu) 1921 2,919 69,653 24 1 2 24 8 Nyzhniohirskyi Nyzhnohirskyi 1930 1,212 55,863 46 0 1 18 9 Pervomaiske Pervomaiske 1935 1,474 40,349 27 0 1 16 10 Rozdolne Rozdolne 1935 1,231 37,384 30 0 2 10 11 Saky* Saky 1935 2,257 80,302 36 0 1 23 12 Simferopol* Simferopol 1965 1,753 148,930 85 0 4 18 13 Sovietskyi (Ichky) Sovietskyi (Ichky) 1935 1,079 37,090 34 0 1 11 14 Chornomorske Chornomorske 1930 1,509 34,012 23 0 1 10
II. Vinnytsia Oblast # Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Bar Bar 1923 1,102 62,464 57 1 1 27 2 Bershad Bershad 1923 1,286 71,312 55 1 0 28 3 Vinnytsia* Vinnytsia 1923 919 74,250 81 0 3 30 4 Haisyn Haisyn 1923 1,102 64,855 59 1 0 26 5 Zhmerynka* Zhmerynka 1923 1,171 44,134 38 0 1 27 6 Illintsi Illintsi 1923 915 42,519 46 1 1 22 7 Kalynivka Kalynivka 1923 1,086 47,656 44 1 0 28 8 Koziatyn* Koziatyn 1923 1,131 65,031 57 0 2 32 9 Kryzhopil Kryzhopil 1923 884 40,907 46 0 1 19 10 Lypovets Lypovets 1923 969 44,273 46 1 1 25 11 Lityn Lityn 1923 960 42,269 44 0 1 21 12 Mohyliv-Podilskyi* Mohyliv-Podilskyi 1925 933 40,095 43 0 1 27 13 Murovani Kurylivtsi Murovani Kurylivtsi 1967 886 32,768 37 0 1 24 14 Nemyriv Nemyriv 1923 1,292 59,469 46 1 2 40 15 Orativ Orativ 1979 874 27,345 31 0 1 27 16 Pishchanka Pishchanka 1923 595 25,102 42 0 2 13 17 Pohrebyshche Pohrebyshche 1923 1,200 37,721 31 1 0 26 18 Teplyk Teplyk 1930 809 35,267 44 0 1 25 19 Tyvriv Tyvriv 1923 882 40,773 46 1 2 25 20 Tomashpil Tomashpil 1923 778 42,631 55 0 2 22 21 Trostianets Trostianets 1923 945 65,060 69 0 1 17 22 Tulchyn Tulchyn 1923 1,124 47,761 42 1 2 23 23 Khmilnyk* Khmilnyk 1923 1,253 44,084 35 0 0 30 24 Chernivtsi Chernivtsi 1990 592 28,661 48 0 1 13 25 Chechelnyk Chechelnyk 1966 759 27,189 36 0 1 15 26 Sharhorod Sharhorod 1965 1,137 64,943 57 1 0 31 27 Yampil Yampil 1965 788 47,683 61 1 0 18
III. Volyn Oblast
# Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Volodymyr Volodymyr 1940 1,038 28,241 27 1 020 2 Horokhiv Horokhiv 1940 1,122 57,098 51 2 236 3 Ivanychi Ivanychi 1966 645 36,050 56 0 123 4 Kamin-Kashyrskyi Kamin-Kashyrskyi 1940 1,748 61,939 35 1 031 5 Kivertsi Kivertsi 1940 1,414 66,412 47 1 224 6 Kovel Kovel 1940 1,723 43,000 25 1 428 7 Lokachi Lokachi 1965 712 25,346 36 0 119 8 Lutsk Lutsk 1966 973 56,137 58 0 229 9 Liubeshiv Liubeshiv 1965 1,450 36,829 25 0 120 10 Liuboml Liuboml 1940 1,481 43,267 29 1 122 11 Manevychi Manevychi 1965 2,265 57,341 25 0 230 12 Ratne Ratne 1965 1,437 52,555 37 0 222 13 Rozhyshche Rozhyshche 1940 928 42,945 46 1 128 14 Stara Vyzhivka Stara Vyzhivka 1966 1,121 34,135 30 0 119 15 Turiisk Turiisk 1965 1,205 29,066 24 0 220 16 Shatsk Shatsk 1993 759 18,172 24 0 18
IV. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
# Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Apostolove Apostolove 1923 1,381 63,981 46 2 010 2 Vasylkivka Vasylkivka 1923 1,330 37,149 28 0 310 3 Verkhnodniprovsk Verkhnodniprovsk 1923 1,286 57,078 44 2 211 4 Dnipro Dnipro 1965 1,388 77,868 56 1 211 5 Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih 1965 1,347 44,030 33 0 217 6 Krynychky Krynychky 1923 1,684 40,372 24 0 318 7 Mahdalynivka Mahdalynivka 1925 1,599 38,050 24 0 121 8 Mezhova Mezhova 1923 1,244 28,499 23 0 29 9 Nikopol Nikopol 1923 1,943 44,518 23 0 115 10 Novomoskovsk Novomoskovsk 1923 1,997 75,185 38 1 414 11 Pavlohrad Pavlohrad 1923 1,451 32,672 23 0 013 12 Petrykivka Petrykivka 1991 928 26,081 28 0 36 13 Petropavlivka Petropavlivka 1923 1,248 35,327 28 0 112 14 Pokrovske Pokrovske 1923 1,216 41,838 34 0 29 15 Piatykhatky Piatykhatky 1923 1,683 53,185 32 1 216 16 Synelnykove Synelnykove 1923 1,648 41,467 25 0 320 17 Solone Solone 1923 1,738 42,461 24 0 218 18 Sofiyivka Sofiivka 1923 1,364 28,526 21 0 111 19 Tomakivka Tomakivka 1923 1,191 31,795 27 0 112 20 Tsarychanka Tsarychanka 1925 903 30,774 34 0 112 21 Shyroke Shyroke 1923 1,239 31,389 25 0 29 22 Yurivka Yurivka 1991 902 15,760 17 0 111
V. Donetsk Oblast
# Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Amvrosiivka Amvrosiivka 1923 1,455 55,072 38 2 Bakhmut Bakhmut 1923 1,687 53,866 32 3 Velyka Novosilka Velyka Novosilka 1923 1,901 49,272 26 4 Volnovakha Volnovakha 1923 1,848 92,630 50 5 Nikolske Nikolske 1925 1,221 31,169 26 6 Dobropillia Dobropillia 1935 949 20,482 22 7 Kostiantynivka Kostiantynivka 1923 1,172 21,032 18 8 Pokrovsk Pokrovsk 1923 1,316 37,384 28 9 Lyman Lyman 1923 1,018 24,781 24 10 Marinka Marinka 1923 1,350 38,861 29 11 Novoazovsk Novoazovsk 1923 1,000 22,883 23 12 Oleksandrivka Oleksandrivka 1923 1,010 29,241 29 13 Manhush Manhush 1966 792 90,434 114 14 Sloviansk Sloviansk 1923 1,274 39,165 31 15 Starobesheve Starobesheve 1923 1,255 56,048 45 16 Telmanove (Boikivske) Telmanove (Boikivske) 1934 1,340 35,058 26 17 Shakhtarsk Shakhtarsk 1965 1,194 23,570 20 18 Yasynuvata Yasynuvata 1965 809 30,165 37
VI. Zhytomyr Oblast
# Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Andrushivka Andrushivka 956 38,785 41 2 Baranivka Baranivka 1,000 46,001 46 3 Berdychiv Berdychiv 865 34,298 40 4 Brusyliv Brusyliv 626 18,142 29 5 Khoroshiv Khoroshiv 870 38,409 44 6 Romaniv Romaniv 928 33,282 36 7 Yemilchyne Yemilchyne 2,112 41,707 20 8 Zhytomyr Zhytomyr 1,441 68,449 48 9 Korosten Korosten 1,739 34,030 20 10 Korostyshiv Korostyshiv 974 43,444 45 11 Luhyny Luhyny 994 20,823 21 12 Liubar Liubar 757 31,046 41 13 Malyn Malyn 1,485 51,997 35 14 Narodychi Narodychi 1,284 11,439 9 15 Zviahel Zviahel 2,098 52,131 25 16 Ovruch Ovruch 3,225 67,827 21 17 Olevsk Olevsk 2,248 46,883 21 18 Popilnia Popilnia 1,037 36,968 36 19 Radomyshl Radomyshl 1,297 42,299 33 20 Ruzhyn Ruzhyn 1,002 34,299 34 21 Pulyny Pulyny 853 25,921 30 22 Cherniakhiv Cherniakhiv 850 33,592 40 23 Chudniv Chudniv 1,037 42,955 41
VII. Zakarpattia Oblast
# Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Berehove Berehove 654 53,841 82 2 Velykyy Bereznyi Velykyi Bereznyi 810 28,016 35 3 Vynohradiv Vynohradiv 695 117,863 170 4 Volovets Volovets 544 25,336 47 5 Irshava Irshava 944 100,881 107 6 Mizhhiria Mizhhiria 1,163 50,057 43 7 Mukachevo Mukachevo 997 101,572 102 8 Perechyn Perechyn 631 31,790 50 9 Rakhiv Rakhiv 1,892 90,811 48 10 Svaliava Svaliava 676 55,468 82 11 Tiachiv Tiachiv 1,818 172,389 95 12 Uzhhorod Uzhhorod 866 65,514 76 13 Khust Khust 998 96,561 97
VIII. Zaporizhzhia Oblast
# Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Berdiansk Berdiansk 1,776 31,631 18 2 Vasylivka Vasylivka 1,621 74,384 46 3 Velyka Bilozerka Velyka Bilozerka 469 9,337 20 4 Vesele Vesele 1,129 25,542 23 5 Vilniansk Vilniansk 1,288 50,536 39 6 Huliaipole Huliaipole 1,300 34,529 27 7 Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia 1,462 54,777 37 8 Kamianka-Dniprovska Kamianka-Dniprovska 1,179 45,792 39 9 Bilmak Bilmak 1,335 27,578 21 10 Melitopol Melitopol 1,787 56,104 31 11 Mykhailivka Mykhailivka 1,067 33,046 31 12 Novomykolaivka Novomykolaivka 915 19,564 21 13 Orikhiv Orikhiv 1,598 54,183 34 14 Polohy Polohy 1,344 48,018 36 15 Pryazovske Pryazovske 1,947 32,909 17 16 Prymorsk Prymorsk 1,398 35,223 25 17 Rozivka Rozivka 610 11,944 20 18 Tokmak Tokmak 1,442 27,847 19 19 Chernihivka Chernihivka 1,200 22,249 19 20 Yakymivka Yakymivka 1,856 37,963 20
IX. Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
# Name Center Year Area(km²) Population Density Councils (municipalities)City Town Village 1 Bohorodchany Bohorodchany 799 70,098 88 2 Verkhovyna Verkhovyna 1,254 30,048 24 3 Halych Halych 723 65,674 91 4 Horodenka Horodenka 747 60,804 81 5 Dolyna Dolyna 1,248 71,058 57 6 Kalush Kalush 647 62,705 97 7 Kolomyia Kolomyia 1,026 105,788 103 8 Kosiv Kosiv 903 90,400 100 9 Nadvirna Nadvirna 1,294 113,611 88 10 Rohatyn Rohatyn 815 51,063 63 11 Rozhniativ Rozhniativ 1,303 75,513 58 12 Sniatyn Sniatyn 602 68,979 115 13 Tysmenytsia Tysmenytsia 736 85,269 116 14 Tlumach Tlumach 684 52,772 77
X. Kyiv Oblast