Sofiivka Raion

Sofiivka Raion (Ukrainian: Софіївський район) was a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of Sofiivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Sofiivka Raion was merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 20,562 (2020 est.)[3].

Sofiivka Raion
Софіївський район
Raion
Flag of Sofiyivka Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Sofiyivka Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°03′N 33°52′E
Country Ukraine
RegionDnipropetrovsk Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerSofiivka
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total20,562
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
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]

  • Devladove rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Devladove;
  • Sofiivka settlement hromada with the administration in Sofiivka;
  • Vakulove rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vakulove.

Zaporizke was the oldest village in the Sofiivka Raion.

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. 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.
  4. "Софіївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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