Urban raions or urban districts ( uk, райони у містах України, translit=raiony u mistakh Ukrainy) are the second-level

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in certain cities in

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. An urban district is subordinate to the city administration.

Overview

There are 111 districts in 19 cities of Ukraine. The cities that contain district division in a city usually are of national (such as Kyiv and Sevastopol) or regional significance. The number of districts in city per region varies between the minimum of two and up to 21 in Donetsk Oblast (the maximum districts in a single city are in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

). The Article 133 of the

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states that districts in cities are element of the administrative-territorial division of state, while the Article 140 states that issues in organization of management of districts in cities belongs to the competence of city's councils. The status of Kyiv city is defined by the

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"About capital of Ukraine - Hero-city Kyiv". Before February 2016 many districts were named for people, places, events, and organizations associated with early years of the

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; but many were renamed since to comply with decommunization laws.Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrai ...

. 15 May 2015Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes
Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols

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(14 April 2015)In Kharkiv "dekomunizuvaly" has 48 streets and 5 regions

(3 February 2015)In Kharkov was renamed three district
SQ (3 February 2015)In Kharkov, decided not to rename October and Frunze district
Korrespondent.net (3 February 2015)In Kharkov,it was decided not to rename the Oktyabrsky and the Frunze district
Korrespondent.net (3 February 2015)

List of urban districts in Ukraine

Kyiv

Sevastopol

Cherkasy Oblast

Chernihiv Oblast

Chernivtsi Oblast

Crimea

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast

Kherson Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast

Luhansk Oblast

Lviv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast

Odesa Oblast

Poltava Oblast

Sumy Oblast

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Zhytomyr Oblast

Notes

References

External links

2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure

Regions of Ukraine and its composition
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