Horodyshche Raion

Horodyshche Raion (Ukrainian: Городищенський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Horodyshche. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Horodyshche Raion was split between Cherkasy Raion and Zvenyhorodka Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 38,487 (2020 est.).[3]

Horodyshche Raion
Flag of Horodyshche Raion
Coat of arms of Horodyshche Raion
Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast
Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast
Country Ukraine
RegionCherkasy Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Population
 (2020)
  Total38,487
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[4]

  • Horodyshche urban hromada with the administration in Horodyshche, transferred to Cherkasy Raion;
  • Mlyiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mlyiv, transferred to Cherkasy Raion;
  • Vilshana settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Vilshana, transferred to Zvenyhorodka Raion.

References

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