Zmiiv Raion (Ukrainian: Зміївський район) was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the town of Zmiiv. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Zmiiv Raion was, together with Pechenihy and Vovchansk Raions, merged into Chuhuiv Raion.[1][2][3] The last estimate of the raion population was 69,135 (2017 est.)[4]
Zmiiv Raion
Зміївський район | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′36.471″N 36°21′41.832″E / 49.66013083°N 36.36162000°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Zmiiv |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,364.65 km2 (526.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 69,135 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20120623113248/http://zmiivrda.gov.ua/ |
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromada:[5]
- Slobozhanske settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Slobozhanske;
- Zmiiv urban hromada with the administration in Zmiiv.
References
edit- ^ Where did 354 districts disappear to? Anatomy of loud reform, Glavcom (7 August 2020) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "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 (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Зміївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.