Holovanivsk Raion is a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
(district) of
Kirovohrad Oblast
Kirovohrad Oblast ( uk, Кіровоградська область, translit=Kirovohradska oblast; also referred to as #Nomenclature, Kirovohradschyna — uk, Кіровоградщина) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (prov ...
in central
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. The administrative center of the raion is the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of
Holovanivsk. Its population is
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Holovanivsk Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions,
Blahovishchenske,
Haivoron
Haivoron ( uk, Гайворон) is a town in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (oblast, region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Haivoron urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Haivoron is situated on the South ...
,
Novoarkhanhelsk
Novoarkhanhelsk ( uk, Новоархангельск, formerly known as Arkhanhelohorod, uk, Архангелогород) is an urban-type settlement in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novoarkhanh ...
, and
Vilshanka Raions, were merged into Holovanivsk Raion.
The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 10
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s:
*
Blahovishchenske urban hromada
Blahovishchenske () is a city in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Blahovishchenske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
There is a railway station in Blahovishchens ...
with the administration in the city of
Blahovishchenske, transferred from Blahovishchenske Raion;
*
Haivoron urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Haivoron
Haivoron ( uk, Гайворон) is a town in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (oblast, region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Haivoron urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Haivoron is situated on the South ...
, transferred from Haivoron Raion;
*
Holovanivsk settlement hromada
Holovanivs'k () is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Holovanivsk Raion in the west of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Holovanivs'k settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
...
with the administration in
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of
Holovanivsk, retained from Holovanivsk Raion;
*
Nadlak rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Nadlak, transferred from Novoarkhanhelsk Raion;
*
Novoarkhanhelsk settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Novoarkhanhelsk
Novoarkhanhelsk ( uk, Новоархангельск, formerly known as Arkhanhelohorod, uk, Архангелогород) is an urban-type settlement in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novoarkhanh ...
, transferred from Novoarkhanhelsk Raion;
*
Perehonivka rural hromada with the administration in the
selo of
Perehonivka, retained from Holovanivsk Raion;
*
Pidvysoke rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Pidvysoke Pidvysoke ( uk, Підвисоке) may refer to the following places in Ukraine:
* Pidvysoke, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, a village in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
* Pidvysoke, Borova settlement hromada, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, a villag ...
, transferred from Novoarkhanhelsk Raion;
*
Pobuzke settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Pobuzke, retained from Holovanivsk Raion;
*
Vilshanka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Vilshanka, transferred from Vilshanka Raion;
*
Zavallia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Zavallia, transferred from Haivoron Raion.
Before 2020
![Holovanivskyj-Raion](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Holovanivskyj-Raion.png)
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:
*
Holovanivsk settlement hromada
Holovanivs'k () is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Holovanivsk Raion in the west of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Holovanivs'k settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
...
with the administration in Holovanivsk;
*
Perehonivka rural hromada with the administration in Perehonivka;
*
Pobuzke settlement hromada with the administration in Pobuzke.
References
{{Authority control
Raions of Kirovohrad Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine