Pavlohrad Raion
Subdivision of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Pavlohrad Raion (Ukrainian: Павлоградський район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the city of Pavlohrad. Population: 166,797 (2022 estimate).[2]
Pavlohrad Raion
Павлоградський район | |
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| Pavlohradskyi raion | |
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| Coordinates: 48°38′33″N 35°59′43.1″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Admin. center | Pavlohrad |
| Subdivisions | 7 hromadas |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,420.9 km2 (934.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 166,797 |
| • Density | 68.899/km2 (178.45/sq mi) |
| 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 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Pavlohrad Raion was significantly expanded. One abolished raion, Yurivka Raion, as well as Ternivka Municipality and the city of Pavlohrad, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Pavlohrad Raion.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 26,723 (2020 est.).[5]
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of seven hromadas:[4]
- Bohdanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bohdanivka, retained from Pavlohrad Raion;
- Mezhyrich rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mezhyrich, retained from Pavlohrad Raion;
- Pavlohrad urban hromada with the administration in the city of Pavlohrad, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Pavlohrad;[6]
- Ternivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Ternivka, transferred from Ternivka Municipality;[7]
- Troitske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Troitske, retained from Pavlohrad Raion;
- Verbky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Verbky, retained from Pavlohrad Raion;
- Yurivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Yuriivka, transferred from Yurivka Raion.[8]
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas:[9]
- Bohdanivka rural hromada with the administration in Bohdanivka;
- Mezhyrich rural hromada with the administration in Mezhyrich;
- Troitske rural hromada with the administration in Troitske;
- Verbky rural hromada with the administration in Verbky.