Svitlovodsk Raion

Svitlovodsk Raion was a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the city of Svitlovodsk, which is 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 Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Svitlovodsk Raion was merged into Oleksandriia Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 11,397 (2020 est.).[3]

Svitlovodsk Raion
Світловодський район
Flag of Svitlovodsk Raion
Coat of arms of Svitlovodsk Raion
Coordinates: 49°1′8″N 33°0′58″E
Country Ukraine
RegionKirovohrad Oblast
Established1962
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerSvitlovodsk
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   0 — settlement councils
  • 12 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   0 — urban-type settlements
  • 33 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
  GovernorMyhaylo Kasyanov
Area
  Total1,219 km2 (471 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  TotalDecrease 11,397
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
27519—27552
Area code+380 5236
Websitehttp://www.srda.gov.ua

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,[4] Velyka Andrusivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyka Andrusivka.

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