Horodyshche Raion ( uk, Городищенський район) was 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

Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy Oblast ( uk, Черка́ська о́бласть, Cherkaska oblast, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna ( uk, Черка́щина, ) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center ...

, 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 ...

. Its administrative centre was located at the town of

Horodyshche Horodyshche ( uk, Городище, ; yi, האָרעדישטש, Horedishtsh) is a city located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodyshche urban hromada, one of the hromadas o ...

. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Horodyshche Raion was split between

Cherkasy Raion Cherkasy Raion ( uk, Черкаський район, translit.: ''Cherkas'kyi raion'') is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast. It is located in the central part of Cherkasy oblast, and the center of the raion is the city of Cherkasy. The popul ...

and

Zvenyhorodka Raion Zvenyhorodka Raion is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the city of Zvenyhorodka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three

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: *

Horodyshche urban hromada Horodyshche ( uk, Городище, ; yi, האָרעדישטש, Horedishtsh) is a city located in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodyshche urban hromada, one of the hromadas o ...

with the administration in Horodyshche, transferred to Cherkasy Raion; * Mlyiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mlyiv, transferred to Cherkasy Raion; * Vilshana settlement hromada with the administration in 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 Vilshana, transferred to Zvenyhorodka Raion.

References

{{coord, 49, 10, 15, N, 31, 24, 33, E, source:kolossus-ruwiki, display=title Former raions of Cherkasy Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform