# Raions of Ukraine

A raion (Ukrainian: район, romanized: raion; pl. райони, raiony), often translated as district, is the second-level administrative division in Ukraine. Raions were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the Soviet Union, to which Ukraine, as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, belonged.
On 17 July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved an administrative reform to merge most of the 490 raions, along with the "cities of regional significance", which were previously outside the raions, into just 136 reformed raions. Most tasks of the raions (education, healthcare, sport facilities, culture, and social welfare) were taken over by new hromadas, the subdivisions of raions. The 136 new districts include ten in Crimea, which have been de facto outside Ukrainian control since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014.

## Terminology

| Ukrainian | Ukrainian translit. | English |
| Район | Raion | District |
| Район у місті | Raion u misti | Urban district, district in a city |

## Districts of cities

Some cities of oblast significance, along with the two cities of national significance (Kyiv and Sevastopol), are also divided in city raions, also called urban raions. City raions have their own local administration and are subordinated directly to a city. They may contain other cities, towns, and villages.

## July 2020 reform

On 17 July 2020, the number of raions in Ukraine was reduced to 136 (incl. 10 in Crimea) from the previous 490.

## List

Note: the Russian Republic of Crimea continues to use the same administrative divisions. Raions located in the occupied Donbas territories (see below in grey) are currently only de jure.

### Number of raions by region

Excluding the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
| Region | Number of raions |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | 6 |
| Volyn Oblast | 4 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 7 |
| Donetsk Oblast | 8 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 4 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | 6 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 5 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 6 |
| Kyiv Oblast | 7 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | 4 |
| Luhansk Oblast | 8 |
| Lviv Oblast | 7 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | 4 |
| Odesa Oblast | 7 |
| Poltava Oblast | 4 |
| Rivne Oblast | 4 |
| Sumy Oblast | 5 |
| Ternopil Oblast | 3 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | 7 |
| Kherson Oblast | 5 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 3 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | 4 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | 3 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | 5 |
| Ukraine | 126 |

### Autonomous Republic of Crimea

In 2014, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.
The populations in the table are from the census of 2001.
| # | Name | Center | Year | Area (km$^2$) | Population | Density | Councils (municipalities) | Councils (municipalities) | Councils (municipalities) |
| # | Name | Center | Year | Area (km$^2$) | Population | Density | City | Town | Village |
| 1 | Bakhchysarai Raion | Bakhchysarai | 1923 | 1,589 | 92,617 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | Bilohirsk Raion | Bilohirsk | 1930 | 3,106 | 122,259 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | Dzhankoi Raion | Dzhankoi | 1921 | 2,693 | 125,333 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Feodosia Raion | Feodosia | 2020 | 3,177 | 231,666 | 73 | 3 | 8 | 47 |
| 5 | Kerch Raion | Kerch | 2020 | 3,027 | 226,660 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Perekop Raion | Yany Kapu | 1935 | 2,646 | 126,110 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Kurman Raion | Kurman | 1944 | 3,240 | 134,035 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Simferopol Raion | Simferopol | 1965 | 1,860 | 512,527 | 276 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | Yalta Raion | Yalta | 2020 | 883 | 198,161 | 224 | 3 | 22 | 33 |
| 10 | Yevpatoria Raion | Yevpatoria | 2020 | 3,860 | 264,368 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 33 |

#### Changes

* Nyzhnohirskyi Raion merged into Bilohirsk Raion.
* Yevpatoria Raion (new) created from Saky Raion, Chornomorske Raion, and Yevpatoria.
* Kerch Raion (new) created from Kerch and Lenine Raion.
* Perekop Raion (new) created from Krasnoperekopsk, Armiansk, Krasnoperekopsk Raion, and Rozdolne Raion.
* Dzhankoi Raion included the city of Dzhankoi.
* Simferopol Raion included the city of Simferopol.
* Feodosia (new) created from Sovietskyi Raion, Kirovske Raion, Feodosia, and Sudak.
* Yalta Raion (new) created from Yalta and Alushta.

### Other oblasts

| Oblast | Name | Center | Center population | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2021 estimate) | No. of Hromadas |
| Cherkasy Oblast | Cherkasy Raion | Cherkasy | 274,8 | 6,882.1 | 591,313 | 26 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | Uman Raion | Uman | 83,1 | 4,527.2 | 251,408 | 12 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | Zolotonosha Raion | Zolotonosha | 28,3 | 4,249.1 | 138,036 | 11 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | Zvenyhorodka Raion | Zvenyhorodka | 17,1 | 5,279.9 | 197,509 | 17 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | Chernihiv Raion | Chernihiv | 288,3 | 10,249.0 | 451,430 | 20 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | Nizhyn Raion | Nizhyn | 71,1 | 7,226.6 | 220,640 | 17 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | Pryluky Raion | Pryluky | 56,3 | 5,214.2 | 152,632 | 11 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion | Novhorod-Siverskyi | 13 | 4,630.5 | 63,670 | 4 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | Koriukivka Raion | Koriukivka | 12,9 | 4,578.7 | 88,329 | 5 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | Chernivtsi Raion | Chernivtsi | 266,5 | 4,101.5 | 651,772 | 33 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | Dnistrovskyi Raion | Kelmentsi | 7,3 | 2,122.5 | 154,440 | 10 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | Vyzhnytsia Raion | Vyzhnytsia | 4 | 1,882.0 | 90,354 | 9 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Dnipro Raion | Dnipro | 987,2 | 5,605.7 | 1,159,302 | 17 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Kryvyi Rih Raion | Kryvyi Rih | 624,6 | 5,717.4 | 755,667 | 15 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Kamianske Raion | Kamianske | 240,5 | 4,821.2 | 430,066 | 12 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Nikopol Raion | Nikopol | 110,7 | 3,240.4 | 255,505 | 8 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Pavlohrad Raion | Pavlohrad | 105,2 | 2,420.9 | 169,509 | 7 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Samar Raion | Samar | 71,4 | 3,482.9 | 169,275 | 8 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Synelnykove Raion | Synelnykove | 31,4 | 6,616.6 | 202,711 | 19 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Donetsk Raion | Donetsk | 924,2 | 2,895.1 | 1,490,301 | 6 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Mariupol Raion | Mariupol | 440,4 | 2,623.8 | 510,425 | 5 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Horlivka Raion | Horlivka | 244 | 2,468.4 | 664,949 | 9 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Kramatorsk Raion | Kramatorsk | 153,9 | 5,186.3 | 553,559 | 12 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Bakhmut Raion | Bakhmut | 74,1 | 1,747.6 | 224,528 | 7 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Pokrovsk Raion | Pokrovsk | 63,0 | 4,020.0 | 393,487 | 14 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Volnovakha Raion | Volnovakha | 21,9 | 4,449.1 | 141,797 | 8 |
| Donetsk Oblast | Kalmiuske Raion | Kalmiuske | 11,5 | 3,132.6 | 121,234 | 5 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Raion | Ivano-Frankivsk | 236,6 | 3,913.1 | 558,130 | 20 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Kalush Raion | Kalush | 66,5 | 3,555.0 | 282,692 | 13 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Kolomyia Raion | Kolomyia | 61,3 | 2,484.5 | 275,512 | 13 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Nadvirna Raion | Nadvirna | 22,1 | 1,872.0 | 129,939 | 8 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Kosiv Raion | Kosiv | 8,6 | 853.7 | 84,437 | 5 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Verkhovyna Raion | Verkhovyna | 5,8 | 1,271.7 | 30,399 | 3 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Kharkiv Raion | Kharkiv | 1443,2 | 2,644.3 | 1,745,734 | 15 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Lozova Raion | Lozova | 64,7 | 4,025.9 | 150,400 | 5 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Izium Raion | Izium | 48,2 | 5,910.2 | 175,986 | 8 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Chuhuiv Raion | Chuhuiv | 32,5 | 4,807.0 | 197,695 | 9 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Kupiansk Raion | Kupiansk | 28,7 | 4,618.1 | 133,135 | 8 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Berestyn Raion | Berestyn | 20,9 | 4,912.8 | 105,948 | 6 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | Bohodukhiv Raion | Bohodukhiv | 15,2 | 4,510.3 | 124,936 | 5 |
| Kherson Oblast |
| Kherson Oblast | Kherson Raion | Kherson | 289,1 | 3,649.9 | 456,548 | 10 |
| Kherson Oblast | Kakhovka Raion | Nova Kakhovka | 45,4 | 6,289.7 | 219,783 | 15 |
| Kherson Oblast | Henichesk Raion | Henichesk | 19,5 | 6,521.7 | 119,901 | 4 |
| Kherson Oblast | Skadovsk Raion | Skadovsk | 17,6 | 5,248.5 | 124,508 | 9 |
| Kherson Oblast | Beryslav Raion | Beryslav | 12,4 | 4,764.0 | 95,967 | 11 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Raion | Khmelnytskyi | 273,9 | 10,755.8 | 679,374 | 27 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion | Kamianets-Podilskyi | 99 | 4,521.2 | 284,010 | 15 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Shepetivka Raion | Shepetivka | 41,2 | 5,346.7 | 280,403 | 18 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Kropyvnytskyi Raion | Kropyvnytskyi | 227,4 | 9,716.9 | 437,018 | 17 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Oleksandriia Raion | Oleksandriia | 79,3 | 5,409.7 | 223,451 | 9 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Novoukrainka Raion | Novoukrainka | 16,7 | 5,198.9 | 138,509 | 13 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | Holovanivsk Raion | Holovanivsk | 6 | 4,244.3 | 121,150 | 10 |
| Kyiv Oblast | Bila Tserkva Raion | Bila Tserkva | 208,9 | 6,513.1 | 436,115 | 13 |
| Kyiv Oblast | Brovary Raion | Brovary | 108,7 | 2,883.1 | 242,180 | 8 |
| Kyiv Oblast | Boryspil Raion | Boryspil | 62,3 | 3,874.9 | 203,273 | 11 |
| Kyiv Oblast | Fastiv Raion | Fastiv | 45,9 | 2,886.7 | 183,794 | 9 |
| Kyiv Oblast | Bucha Raion | Bucha | 35,6 | 1,544.3 | 362,382 | 12 |
| Kyiv Oblast | Obukhiv Raion | Obukhiv | 33,6 | 3,526.3 | 228,829 | 9 |
| Kyiv Oblast | Vyshhorod Raion | Vyshhorod | 29,9 | 6,913.4 | 131,957 | 7 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Luhansk Raion | Luhansk | 403,9 | 2,147.4 | 529,716 | 3 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Alchevsk Raion | Alchevsk | 107,4 | 2,006.1 | 437,513 | 3 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Siverskodonetsk Raion | Siverskodonetsk | 102,4 | 2,685.7 | 369,421 | 6 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Dovzhansk Raion | Dovzhansk | 64,2 | 2,139.0 | 206,360 | 2 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Rovenky Raion | Rovenky | 46,7 | 2,087.6 | 295,057 | 3 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Svatove Raion | Svatove | 17,1 | 5,329.1 | 78,278 | 7 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Starobilsk Raion | Starobilsk | 16,9 | 6,930.6 | 126,010 | 8 |
| Luhansk Oblast | Shchastia Raion | Novoaidar | 8,6 | 3,380.4 | 78,967 | 5 |
| Lviv Oblast | Lviv Raion | Lviv | 724,3 | 4,968.5 | 1,146,538 | 23 |
| Lviv Oblast | Drohobych Raion | Drohobych | 76 | 1,496.9 | 235,405 | 5 |
| Lviv Oblast | Sheptytskyi Raion | Sheptytskyi | 67,2 | 2,971.6 | 228,945 | 7 |
| Lviv Oblast | Stryi Raion | Stryi | 59,3 | 3,840.5 | 322,853 | 14 |
| Lviv Oblast | Sambir Raion | Sambir | 34,8 | 3,250.4 | 224,126 | 11 |
| Lviv Oblast | Zolochiv Raion | Zolochiv | 24,3 | 2,913.4 | 160,664 | 7 |
| Lviv Oblast | Yavoriv Raion | Yavoriv | 15 | 2,378.4 | 179,219 | 6 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | Mykolaiv Raion | Mykolaiv | 483,2 | 7,433.7 | 645,562 | 19 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | Pervomaisk Raion | Pervomaisk | 66,1 | 3,797.2 | 147,757 | 8 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | Voznesensk Raion | Voznesensk | 34,4 | 6,081.0 | 178,336 | 13 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | Bashtanka Raion | Bashtanka | 12,7 | 6,714.9 | 136,739 | 12 |
| Odesa Oblast | Odesa Raion | Odesa | 1017,7 | 3,922.8 | 1,382,541 | 22 |
| Odesa Oblast | Izmail Raion | Izmail | 71,8 | 3,434.4 | 207,333 | 6 |
| Odesa Oblast | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | 49 | 5,220.6 | 198,572 | 16 |
| Odesa Oblast | Podilsk Raion | Podilsk | 40,4 | 7,063.6 | 224,163 | 12 |
| Odesa Oblast | Rozdilna Raion | Rozdilna | 17,8 | 3,564.4 | 102,584 | 9 |
| Odesa Oblast | Bolhrad Raion | Bolhrad | 15 | 4,559.4 | 146,424 | 10 |
| Odesa Oblast | Berezivka Raion | Berezivka | 9,6 | 5,551.6 | 106,490 | 16 |
| Poltava Oblast | Poltava Raion | Poltava | 286,7 | 10,849.6 | 589,922 | 24 |
| Poltava Oblast | Kremenchuk Raion | Kremenchuk | 220,1 | 6,105.8 | 392,341 | 12 |
| Poltava Oblast | Lubny Raion | Lubny | 46,2 | 5,476.9 | 187,538 | 7 |
| Poltava Oblast | Myrhorod Raion | Myrhorod | 39,1 | 6,287.4 | 201,728 | 17 |
| Rivne Oblast | Rivne Raion | Rivne | 245,6 | 7,218.0 | 629,531 | 26 |
| Rivne Oblast | Varash Raion | Varash | 42,4 | 3,327.2 | 138,599 | 8 |
| Rivne Oblast | Dubno Raion | Dubno | 38 | 3,294.6 | 167,728 | 19 |
| Rivne Oblast | Sarny Raion | Sarny | 29,2 | 6,219.0 | 212,598 | 11 |
| Sumy Oblast | Sumy Raion | Sumy | 263,5 | 6,499.4 | 440,618 | 16 |
| Sumy Oblast | Konotop Raion | Konotop | 86,3 | 5,190.6 | 198,238 | 8 |
| Sumy Oblast | Shostka Raion | Shostka | 75 | 5,072.3 | 182,792 | 10 |
| Sumy Oblast | Okhtyrka Raion | Okhtyrka | 48,5 | 3,196.6 | 122,146 | 9 |
| Sumy Oblast | Romny Raion | Romny | 40,5 | 3,882.7 | 109,658 | 8 |
| Ternopil Oblast | Ternopil Raion | Ternopil | 221,8 | 6,162.3 | 562,142 | 25 |
| Ternopil Oblast | Chortkiv Raion | Chortkiv | 29 | 5,022.0 | 326,745 | 22 |
| Ternopil Oblast | Kremenets Raion | Kremenets | 21,2 | 2,635.7 | 141,675 | 8 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Vinnytsia Raion | Vinnytsia | 370,7 | 6,888.9 | 652,126 | 16 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Zhmerynka Raion | Zhmerynka | 34,3 | 3,150.6 | 161,544 | 8 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion | Mohyliv-Podilskyi | 31,2 | 3,220.5 | 142,456 | 7 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Khmilnyk Raion | Khmilnyk | 27,4 | 3,701.1 | 183,913 | 9 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Haisyn Raion | Haisyn | 25,8 | 5,674.8 | 236,803 | 14 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | Tulchyn Raion | Tulchyn | 14,9 | 3,858.4 | 152,281 | 9 |
| Volyn Oblast | Lutsk Raion | Lutsk | 221,1 | 5,247.8 | 456,928 | 15 |
| Volyn Oblast | Kovel Raion | Kovel | 68,2 | 7,647.9 | 268,082 | 23 |
| Volyn Oblast | Volodymyr Raion | Volodymyr | 38,9 | 2,558.2 | 171,264 | 11 |
| Volyn Oblast | Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion | Kamin-Kashyrskyi | 12,5 | 4,693.4 | 131,123 | 5 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Uzhhorod Raion | Uzhhorod | 114,9 | 2,359.5 | 255,532 | 14 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Mukachevo Raion | Mukachevo | 85,9 | 2,054.0 | 252,616 | 13 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Khust Raion | Khust | 28,5 | 3,174.4 | 267,333 | 13 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Berehove Raion | Berehove | 23,7 | 1,458.7 | 207,719 | 10 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Rakhiv Raion | Rakhiv | 15,5 | 1,845.2 | 82,397 | 4 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | Tiachiv Raion | Tiachiv | 9 | 1,869.5 | 184,532 | 10 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Raion | Zaporizhzhia | 731,9 | 4,674.6 | 855,297 | 17 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Melitopol Raion | Melitopol | 153,1 | 7,081.0 | 280,816 | 16 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Berdiansk Raion | Berdiansk | 109,2 | 4,461.6 | 179,118 | 8 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Polohy Raion | Polohy | 19,3 | 6,762.5 | 167,060 | 15 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Vasylivka Raion | Vasylivka | 13,7 | 4,287.3 | 184,224 | 11 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | Zhytomyr Raion | Zhytomyr | 264,5 | 10,505.8 | 613,311 | 31 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | Berdychiv Raion | Berdychiv | 75,4 | 3,014.1 | 159,164 | 10 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | Korosten Raion | Korosten | 63,3 | 11,066.8 | 255,480 | 13 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | Zviahel Raion | Zviahel | 56,3 | 5,242.6 | 167,540 | 12 |

## Former names

As a result of decommunization and derussification efforts, many toponyms have been renamed, including some raions.
* Dnipropetrovsk Raion → Dnipro Raion
* Dniprodzerzhynsk Raion → Kamianske Raion
* Novomoskovsk Raion → Samar Raion
* Artemivsk Raion → Bakhmut Raion
* Krasnoarmiisk Raion → Pokrovsk Raion
* Komsomolske Raion → Kalmiuske Raion
* Krasnohrad Raion → Berestyn Raion
* Severodonetsk Raion → Siverskodonetsk Raion
* Sverdlovsk Raion → Dovzhansk Raion
* Chervonohrad Raion → Sheptytskyi Raion
* Kotovsk Raion → Podilsk Raion
* Kuznetsovsk Raion → Varash Raion
* Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion → Volodymyr Raion
* Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion → Zviahel Raion

## Former Raions

* Dzhuryn Raion 1923-1959
* Liubar Raion 1923-2020
* Bazalia Raion 1923-1931, 1935-1959
* Berezdiv Raion 1923-1924, 1935-1959
* Dashiv Raion 1923-1931, 1935-1959
* Turbiv Raion
* Vovkovyntsi Raion 1935-37