Krynychky Raion ( uk, Криничанський 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

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...

, southeastern-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

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 Krynychky. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Krynychky Raion was merged into Kamianske Raion. 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: * Bozhedarivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of

Bozhedarivka Bozhedarivka ( uk, Божедарівка; russian: Божедаровка) is an urban-type settlement in Kamianske Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine. It is located approximately west of Dnipro. From 1939 until February 2016 it was know ...

; * Krynychky settlement hromada with the administration in Krynychky; * Zatyshne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Zatyshne.

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{{Authority control Former raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform