Nikopol Raion ( uk, Нікопольський район, Nikopolskyi raion) is an administrative subdivision (''

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 ...

'') of

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an oblast (province) of central-eastern Ukra ...

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 ...

, with the administrative center in the city of Nikopol. Population: . 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 Nikopol Raion was significantly expanded. One abolished raion, Tomakivka Raion,

Marhanets Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in southern Ukraine. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained ...

and Pokrov Municipalities, as well as the city of Nikopol, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Nikopol Raion. The area of the raion before expansion was (second largest among all the raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was The southern border of the raion is by the

Kakhovka Reservoir The Kakhovka Reservoir (, ''Kakhovs′ke vodoskhovyshche'') is a water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It was created in 1956, when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built. It is one of several reservoirs in the Dnieper reserv ...

by the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine an ...

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of eight hromadas: * Chervonohryhorivka 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 Chervonohryhorivka, retained from Nikopol Raion; *

Marhanets urban hromada Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in southern Ukraine. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained ...

with the administration in the city of

, transferred from

Marhanets Municipality Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in southern Ukraine. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained ...

; * Myrove rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Myrove, transferred from Tomakivka Raion; *

Nikopol urban hromada Nikopol ( uk, Ні́кополь ; from grc, Νικόπολις, lit=City of Victory) is a city and municipality (hromada) in Nikopol District in the south of Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnipro River, about 63 km south-east of Kry ...

with the administration in the city of Nikopol, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Nikopol; * Pershotravneve rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pershotravneve, retained from Nikopol Raion; * Pokrov urban hromada with the administration in the city of Pokrov, transferred from

Pokrov Municipality Pokrov ( ), formerly Ordzhonikidze () is a small city and mining town in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pokrov urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approxi ...

; * Pokrovske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pokrovske, retained from Nikopol Raion; * Tomakivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of

Tomakivka Tomakivka ( uk, Томаківка, russian: Томаковка) is an urban-type settlement in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of southeastern Ukraine. It is located on confluence of Tomakivka and Kyslichuvata rivers. Tomakivka h ...

, transferred from Tomakivka Raion.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas: * Chervonohryhorivka settlement hromada with the administration in Chervonohryhorivka; * Pershotravneve rural hromada with the administration in Pershotravneve; * Pokrovske rural hromada with the administration in Pokrovske.

References

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