Katerynopil Raion (Ukrainian: Катеринопільський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center was located at the urban-type settlement of Katerynopil. The raion covered an area of 672.2 square kilometres (259.5 sq mi).[1] 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 Chornobai Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.[2][3] The last estimate of the raion population was 23,093 (2020 est.)[4]
Katerynopil Raion
Катеринопільський район | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′4.1″N 31°4′5.8″E / 48.867806°N 31.068278°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province |  Cherkasy Oblast |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Katerynopil |
| Area | |
| • Total | 725 km2 (280 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 23,093 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 20500—20545 |
| Area code | +380 4742 |
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[5]
- Katerynopil settlement hromada with the administration in Katerynopil;
- Mokra Kalyhirka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mokra Kalyhirka;
- Yerky settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Yerky.
People from Katerynopil Raion edit
- Semen Hryzlo (1887), Ukrainian military and civil activist, organizer of the Free Cossacks.[6]
- Viacheslav Chornovil, Ukrainian politician, earlier a prominent Ukrainian dissident to the Soviet policies
References edit
- ^ "Katerynopil raion". Cherkasy Oblast State Administration (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Катеринопільська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Famous Personas - Born in Katerynopil". Who-is-Who.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.