Melitopol Raion
Melitopolskyi Raion
Мелітопольський район | |
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| Coordinates: 46°56′35.1″N 35°16′34.96″E / 46.943083°N 35.2763778°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Established | 1930 |
| Admin. center | Melitopol |
| Subdivisions | 16 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Valeriy Gorban |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,081.04 km2 (2,734.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 276,638 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 72330—72384 |
| Area code | +380 619 |
| Website | http://www.mrda.gov.ua/ |
Melitopol Raion (Ukrainian: Мелітопольський район) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Melitopol. Population: 276,638 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Melitopol Raion was significantly expanded. [3][4] The population was 48,191 (2020 est.).[5]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the raion has been occupied by Russia. Pro-Ukrainian partisans are very active in the area.[6]
Subdivisions
The raion is divided into sixteen hromadas:
- Chakove rural hromada, with its center in Chkalove
- Kostiantynivka rural hromada, with its center in Kostiantynivka
- Kyrylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Kyrylivka
- Melitopol urban hromada, coterminous with the city Melitopol
- Myrne settlement hromada, with its center in Myrne
- Nove rural hromada, with its center in Nove
- Novobohdanivka rural hromada, with its center in Novobohdanivka
- Novouspenivka rural hromada, with its center in Novouspenivka
- Novovasylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Novovasylivka, Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Oleksandrivka rural hromada, with its center in Oleksandrivka
- Plodorodne rural hromada, with its center in Plodorodne
- Pryazovske settlement hromada, with its center in Pryazovske
- Semenivka rural hromada, with its center in Semenivka
- Terpinnia rural hromada, with its center in Terpinnia
- Vesele settlement hromada, with its center in Vesele
- Yakymivka settlement hromada, with its center in Yakymivka
References
- ^ Атлас aдміністративно-територіального устрою області (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Управління містобудування та архітектури, Запорізької обласної державної адміністрації. August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Michael, Murphy (10 November 2023). "Mariupol car bomb targets Pro-Russian police". The telegraph. p. 1. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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