Shyroke Raion

Shyroke Raion (Ukrainian: Широківський район) was a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of Shyroke. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Shyroke Raion was merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 25,696 (2020 est.)[3].

Shyroke Raion
Широківський район
Raion
Flag of Shyroke Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Shyroke Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°41′8″N 33°11′10″E
Country Ukraine
RegionDnipropetrovsk Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerShyroke
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,214 km2 (469 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total25,696
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:[4]

  • Hrechani Pody rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hrechani Pody;
  • Karpivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Karpivka;
  • Novolativka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novolativka;
  • Shyroke settlement hromada with the administration in Shyroke.

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. 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.
  4. "Широківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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