Drabiv Raion ( uk, Драбівський 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 c ...
(district) of
Cherkasy Oblast, 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 inva ...
. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of
Drabiv. 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 Drabiv Raion was merged into
Zolotonosha Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three
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:
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Drabiv settlement hromada with the administration in Drabiv;
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Shramkivka rural hromada
Shramkivka ( uk, Шрамківка) is an rural locality (a settlement) in Zolotonosha Raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. Until 2017, it was an urban-type settlement. It hosts the administration of Shramkivka rural hromada, one of the hrom ...
with the administration in the
selo of
Shramkivka
Shramkivka ( uk, Шрамківка) is an rural locality (a settlement) in Zolotonosha Raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. Until 2017, it was an urban-type settlement. It hosts the administration of Shramkivka rural hromada, one of the hromad ...
;
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Velykyi Khutir rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Velykyi Khutir.
References
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Former raions of Cherkasy Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform