Smila Raion (Ukrainian: Смілянський Район) was a raion in Cherkasy Oblast. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Smila which was 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 Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Smila Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was: 31,264 (2020 est.)[3]
Smila Raion
Смілянський Район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°9′6.6″N 31°48′44″E / 49.151833°N 31.81222°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region |  Cherkasy Oblast |
| Established | March 7, 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Smila |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Zaytsev Sergiy Anatolievych |
| Area | |
• Total | 934 km2 (361 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 31,264 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 20720—20762 |
| Area code | +380-4733 |
| Website | http://smilarda.org.ua/ |
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:[4]
- Balakleia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Balakleia;
- Berezniaky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Berezniaky;
- Rotmistrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rotmistrivka;
- Ternivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ternivka.
People
editFrom Smila Raion
edit- Todos' Os'machka - poet
- Zinaida Dolotenko - politician
Associated
edit- Élie Metchnikoff - immunologist
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.
- ^ "Смілянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.