Kharkiv Raion

Kharkiv Raion
Харківський район
Flag of Kharkiv Raion
Coat of arms of Kharkiv Raion
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 50°4′11.4666″N 36°16′46.959″E / 50.069851833°N 36.27971083°E / 50.069851833; 36.27971083
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kharkiv Oblast
Admin. center Kharkiv
Subdivisions15 hromadas
Area
 • Total3,222.5 km2 (1,244.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total1,729,049
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitekhrda.gov.ua

Kharkiv Raion (Ukrainian: Харківський район) is a raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kharkiv. Population: 1,729,049 (2022 estimate).[2]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Kharkiv Raion was significantly expanded. One abolished raion, Derhachi, as well as Liubotyn Municipality, part of Nova Vodolaha Raion, and the city of Kharkiv, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kharkiv Raion.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the population of the former Kharkiv Raion was 176,186 (2020 est.).[5]

Subdivisions

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Current

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After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 15 hromadas:[4]

Before 2020

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Kharkiv Raion in Kharkiv Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of nine hromadas:[10]

  • Bezliudivka settlement hromada with the administration in Bezliudivka;
  • Lyptsi rural hromada with the administration in Lyptsi;
  • Merefa urban hromada with the administration in Merefa;
  • Pisochyn settlement hromada with the administration in Pisochyn;
  • Pivdenne urban hromada with the administration in Pivdenne;
  • Rohan settlement hromada with the administration in Rohan;
  • Tsyrkuny rural hromada with the administration in Tsyrkuny;
  • Vilkhivka rural hromada with the administration in Vilkhivka;
  • Vysokyi settlement hromada with the administration in Vysokyi.
Playing bandy in Budy, Kharkiv Raion

References

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  1. ^ https://decentralization.gov.ua/newrayons/1401
  2. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ a b "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c "Дергачівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  7. ^ "Харьковская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  8. ^ "Люботинская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  9. ^ "Нововодолазька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  10. ^ "Харківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.