Melitopol Raion

Subdivision of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine

Raion in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine

Melitopolskyi Raion Мелітопольський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 46°56′35.1″N 35°16′34.96″E / 46.943083°N 35.2763778°E / 46.943083; 35.2763778
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Established	1930
Admin. center	Melitopol
Subdivisions	16 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Valeriy Gorban
Area ^[1]
• Total	7,081.04 km² (2,734.00 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]
• Total	276,638
• Density	39/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	72330—72384
Area code	+380 619
Website	http://www.mrda.gov.ua/

Melitopol Raion (Ukrainian: Мелітопольський район) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Melitopol. Population: 276,638 (2022 estimate).^[2]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Melitopol Raion was significantly expanded. ^[3]^[4] The population was 48,191 (2020 est.).^[5]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the raion has been occupied by Russia. Pro-Ukrainian partisans are very active in the area.^[6]

Subdivisions

The raion is divided into sixteen hromadas:

Chakove rural hromada, with its center in Chkalove [uk]
Kostiantynivka rural hromada, with its center in Kostiantynivka [uk]
Kyrylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Kyrylivka
Melitopol urban hromada, coterminous with the city Melitopol
Myrne settlement hromada, with its center in Myrne
Nove rural hromada, with its center in Nove
Novobohdanivka rural hromada, with its center in Novobohdanivka [uk]
Novouspenivka rural hromada, with its center in Novouspenivka
Novovasylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Novovasylivka, Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Oleksandrivka rural hromada, with its center in Oleksandrivka
Plodorodne rural hromada, with its center in Plodorodne
Pryazovske settlement hromada, with its center in Pryazovske
Semenivka rural hromada, with its center in Semenivka
Terpinnia rural hromada, with its center in Terpinnia
Vesele settlement hromada, with its center in Vesele
Yakymivka settlement hromada, with its center in Yakymivka

References

^ Атлас aдміністративно-територіального устрою області (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Управління містобудування та архітектури, Запорізької обласної державної адміністрації. August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
^ Michael, Murphy (November 10, 2023). "Mariupol car bomb targets Pro-Russian police". The telegraph. p. 1. Retrieved February 19, 2024.