Vilshanka Raion

Vilshanka Raion was a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Vilshanka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Vilshanka Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 12,003 (2020 est.).[3]

Vilshanka Raion
Вільшанський район
Raion
Flag of Vilshanka Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Vilshanka Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°17′6″N 30°51′40″E
Country Ukraine
RegionKirovohrad Oblast
Established1919
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerVilshanka
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 14 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 24 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorGenadiy Ivanov
Area
 • Total645 km2 (249 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 12,003
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
26600—26633
Area code+380 5250

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,[4] Vilshanka settlement hromada with the administration in Vilshanka.

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