Zvenyhorodka Raion is a
raion (district) of
Cherkasy Oblast, in central
Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of
Zvenyhorodka. Population: 193,804 (2022 estimate).[1]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Zvenyhorodka Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions,
Katerynopil,
Lysianka,
Shpola, and
Talne Raions, parts of two more abolished raions,
Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi and
Horodyshche Raions, as well as the city of
Vatutine, which was previously incorporated as a
city of oblast significance and did not belong to any raion, were merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 42,176 (2020 est.).[4]
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 17
hromadas:[3]