Uman Raion ( uk, Уманський район, translit.: ''Umans'kyi raion'') is 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 A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

) in the west of

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 ...

(

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

) of 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 An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

is the city of

Uman Uman ( uk, Умань, ; pl, Humań; yi, אומאַן) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River ...

. Population: 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 Uman Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions,

Khrystynivka Khrystynivka ( uk, Христи́нівка, ; russian: Христи́новка, Khristínovka) is a city in Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Khrystynivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of ...

, Mankivka, Monastyryshche, and Zhashkiv Raions, as well as the city of Uman, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Uman Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was .

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 13 hromadas: *

Babanka settlement hromada Babanka () is an urban-type settlement in Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Babanka settlement hromada, one of the hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=terri ...

with the administration 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 ...

Babanka Babanka () is an urban-type settlement in Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Babanka settlement hromada, one of the hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=terri ...

, retained from Uman Raion; * Bashtechky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bashtechky, transferred from Zhashkiv Raion; *

Buky settlement hromada Buky () is an urban-type settlement in Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Buky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Until 18 July 2020, Buky belonged to Mankivka Raion ...

with the administration in the urban-type settlement of

Buky Buky () is an urban-type settlement in Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Buky settlement hromada, one of the hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial ...

, transferred from Mankivka Raion; * Dmytrushky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dmytrushky, retained from Uman Raion; * Ivanky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ivanky, transferred from Mankivka Raion; *

Khrystynivka urban hromada Khrystynivka ( uk, Христи́нівка, ; russian: Христи́новка, Khristínovka) is a city in Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Khrystynivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of ...

with the administration in the city of

, transferred from Khrystynivka Raion; * Ladyzhynka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ladyzhynka, retained from Uman Raion; * Mankivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Mankivka, transferred from Mankivka Raion; * Monastyryshche urban hromada with the administration in the city of Monastyryshche, transferred from Monastyryshche Raion; * Palanka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Palanka, retained from Uman Raion; * Sokolivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sokolivka, transferred from Zhashkiv Raion; *

Uman urban hromada Uman ( uk, Умань, ; pl, Humań; yi, אומאַן) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River ...

with the administration in the city of

, was previously a city of oblast significance; * Zhashkiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Zhashkiv, transferred from Zhashkiv Raion. On 12 August 2020, Sokolivka rural hromada was abolished and merged into Zhashkiv urban hromada, thus reducing the number of amalgamated hromadas in Uman Raion to 12.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas: * Babanka settlement hromada with the administration in Babanka; * Dmytrushky rural hromada with the administration in Dmytrushky; * Ladyzhynka rural hromada with the administration in Ladyzhynka; * Palanka rural hromada with the administration in Palanka.

Settlements

The city of Uman is the administrative center of the Umanskyi Raion, but the city was not subordinate to the raion administration, but instead was directly subordinate to the oblast administration. Before 2020, Uman Raion included 1 urban-type settlement and 52 rural settlements. Some of the raion's settlements were: Ukraine's two the most famous

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...

deposits Starobabanske and Tanske are located in the raion. The first one in Stari Babany a few km north east of Uman and the second in the village of Tanske. Their granite production is widely exported.

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