Velyka Lepetykha Raion

Velyka Lepetykha Raion (Ukrainian: Великолепетиський район) was one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Velyka Lepetykha. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Velyka Lepetykha Raion was merged into Kakhovka Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 15,961 (2020 est.)[3]

Velykolepetyskyi Raion
Великолепетиський район
Raion
Flag of Velykolepetyskyi Raion
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Coat of arms of Velykolepetyskyi Raion
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Coordinates: 47°5′58.9056″N 34°5′12.5052″E
Country Ukraine
RegionKherson Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerVelyka Lepetykha
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 6 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 12 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorOleksia Skopych
Area
 • Total1,140 km2 (440 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 15,961
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
74500—74532
Area code+380 5543
Websitehttp://lepetykha-rda.gov.ua

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

  • Rubanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rubanivka;
  • Velyka Lepetykha settlement hromada with the administration in Velyka Lepetykha.

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. "Великолепетиська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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