Vesele Raion (Ukrainian: Веселівський район) was one of raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region was the urban-type settlement of Vesele. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Vesele Raion was merged into Melitopol Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 20,672 (2020 est.)[3].
Veselivskyi Raion
Веселівський район | |
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| Coordinates: 47°0′58.86″N 34°57′10.39″E / 47.0163500°N 34.9528861°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Vesele |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Iryna Kukovynets |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total |  20,672 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 72200—72254 |
| Area code | +380 6136 |
| Website | http://veseloezp.narod.ru |
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.
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