Zhashkiv Raion ( uk, Жашківський 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, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of
Zhashkiv
Zhashkiv ( uk, Жашків ) is a city in Uman Raion, Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zhashkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of
Administrative status
Zhashkiv gained s ...
. 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 Zhashkiv Raion was merged into
Uman Raion
Uman Raion ( uk, Уманський район, translit.: ''Umans'kyi raion'') is a raion (district) in the west of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uman. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as p ...
. 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:
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Bashtechky rural hromada with the administration in the
selo of
Bashtechky;
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Sokolivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Sokolivka;
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Zhashkiv urban hromada
Zhashkiv ( uk, Жашків ) is a city in Uman Raion, Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zhashkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of
Administrative status
Zhashkiv gained s ...
with the administration in Zhashkiv.
References
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Former raions of Cherkasy Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform