Obukhiv Raion
Subdivision of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Obukhiv Raion (Ukrainian: Обухівський район, romanized: Obukhivskyi raion) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: 227,209 (2022 estimate).[1]
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Obukhiv Raion
Обухівський район | |
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 Obukhiv Raion after the 2020 raion reform | |
| Coordinates: 50°7′N 30°37′E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kyiv Oblast |
| Admin. center | Obukhiv |
| Subdivisions | 9 hromadas |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 227,209 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380 |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Obukhiv Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Kaharlyk and Myronivka Raions, as well of Obukhiv Municipality and the cities of Vasylkiv and Rzhyshchiv, which were previously incorporated as cities of oblast significance, and parts of Bohuslav, Kyiv-Sviatoshyn, and Vasylkiv Raions, were merged into Obukhiv Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 35,278 (2020 est.).[4]
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9 hromadas:[3]
| Hromada (Community) | Admin. center | Population (2020) | Transferred/Retained from |
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| Bohuslav urban | Bohuslav | 25,821 | Bohuslav Raion;[5] |
| Feodosiivska rural | Khodosivka | 15,200 | Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion;[6] |
| Kaharlyk urban | Kaharlyk | 26,849 | Kaharlyk Raion;[7] |
| Kozyn settlement | Kozyn | 5,646 | |
| Myronivka urban | Myronivka | 32,037 | Myronivka Raion;[8] |
| Obukhiv urban | Obukhiv | 42,639 | Obukhiv Municipality;[9] |
| Rzhyshchiv urban | Rzhyshchiv | 14,288 | city of oblast significance of Rzhyshchiv;[10] |
| Ukrainka urban | Ukrainka | 20,806 | |
| Vasylkiv urban | Vasylkiv | 45,406 | city of oblast significance of Vasylkiv.[11] |
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas,[12]
- Kozyn settlement hromada with the administration in Kozyn;
- Ukrainka urban hromada with the administration in Ukrainka.
