Svitlovodsk Raion was a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the city of Svitlovodsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. 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 Svitlovodsk Raion was merged into Oleksandriia Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 11,397 (2020 est.).[3]
Svitlovodsk Raion
Світловодський район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°1′8″N 33°0′58″E / 49.01889°N 33.01611°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Established | 1962 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Svitlovodsk |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Myhaylo Kasyanov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,219 km2 (471 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  11,397 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 27519—27552 |
| Area code | +380 5236 |
| Website | http://www.srda.gov.ua |
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,[4] Velyka Andrusivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyka Andrusivka.
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Світловодська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.