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Chornobai Raion ( uk, Чорнобаївський 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—adminsistrative region) of eastern Cherkasy Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast ( uk, Черка́ська о́бласть, Cherkaska oblast, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna ( uk, Черка́щина, ) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center ...
, in central Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of Chornobai
Chornobai ( uk, Чорнобай) is an urban-type settlement in Zolotonosha Raion (administrative region), within eastern Cherkasy Oblast (province), in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Chornobai settlement hromada, one of the hro ...
. 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 Chornobai Raion was merged into Zolotonosha Raion
Zolotonosha Raion is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the city of Zolotonosha. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two 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, Chornobai settlement hromada
Chornobai settlement hromada is a hromada of Ukraine, in Zolotonosha Raion, Cherkasy Oblast. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Chornobai. It was formed by the government on June 12, 2020. The area of the hromada is 616.2&nbs ...
with the administration in Chornobai and Irkliiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Irkliiv.
Geography
Chornobay Raion covered an area of 1,554 km² — (600 sq mi).
References
{{Authority control Former raions of Cherkasy Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform