Shpola Raion (Ukrainian: Шполянський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Shpola. 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 Shpola Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 41,211 (2020 est.)[3]
Shpola Raion
Шполянський район | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°57′34.8″N 31°25′42.5″E / 48.959667°N 31.428472°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Cherkasy Oblast |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Shpola |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 41,211 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[4]
- Lypianka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lypianka;
- Matusiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Matusiv;
- Shpola urban hromada with the administration in Shpola.
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.
- ^ "Шполянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.