Horodyshche Raion () 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 Cherkasy Oblast (, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna (, ) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central Ukraine located along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The Capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the cit ...

, central

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. Its administrative centre was located at the town of

Horodyshche Horodyshche (, ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the Vilshanka River, where the administration of Horodyshche urban hromada, Horodyshche urban hromada (municipality). The population is History A ...

. 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 Horodyshche Raion was split between

Cherkasy Raion Cherkasy Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast. It is located in the central part of Cherkasy oblast, and the center of the raion is the city of Cherkasy. The population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administr ...

and

Zvenyhorodka Raion Zvenyhorodka Raion is a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, in central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zvenyhorodka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Cherka ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three

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s: *

Horodyshche urban hromada Horodyshche urban territorial hromada () is one of the hromadas of Ukraine, in Cherkasy Raion within Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy Oblast (, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna (, ) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in ...

with the administration in Horodyshche, transferred to Cherkasy Raion; * Mlyiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mlyiv, transferred to Cherkasy Raion; * Vilshana settlement hromada with the administration in the

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of Vilshana, transferred to Zvenyhorodka Raion.

References

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