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 ce ...

, 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 invas ...

. 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. 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. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas, Chornobai settlement hromada 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). Veremiyivka, central Ukraine, 19th cen

References

{{Authority control Former raions of Cherkasy Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform