Skadovsk Raion () is one of the five administrative

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(districts) of

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...

in southern

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. Its

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is located in the city of

Skadovsk Skadovsk (, , ) is a port city on the Black Sea coast in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Skadovsk Raion and also hosts the administration of Skadovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The ...

. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Skadovsk Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions,

Hola Prystan Hola Prystan (, ; ) is a city located in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is currently occupied by Russia. The city serves as the administrative centre of the Hola Prystan urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It ha ...

and Kalanchak Raions, as well as

Hola Prystan Municipality Hola Prystan (, ; ) is a city located in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is currently occupied by Russia. The city serves as the administrative centre of the Hola Prystan urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It ha ...

and the city of Skadovsk, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, was merged into Skadovsk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9

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s: * Bekhtery rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bekhtery, transferred from Hola Prystan Raion; *

Chulakivka rural hromada Chulakivka () is a village ( selo) in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. The village hosts the administration of Chulakivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of 3,087. Its local government is the C ...

with the administration in the selo of

Chulakivka Chulakivka () is a village ( selo) in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. The village hosts the administration of Chulakivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of 3,087. Its local government is the C ...

, transferred from Hola Prystan Raion; * Dolmativka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dolmativka, transferred from Hola Prystan Raion; *

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with the administration in the city of

, transferred from Hola Prystan Municipality. *

Kalanchak settlement hromada Kalanchak () is a rural settlement in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of the Kalanchak settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of History In the Middle Ages, there ...

with the administration in the

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of Kalanchak, transferred from Kalanchak Raion; * Lazurne settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Lazurne, retained from Skadovsk Raion; * Myrne settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Myrne, transferred from Kalanchak Raion; * Novomykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novomykolaivka, retained from Skadovsk Raion; * Skadovsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of

, retained from Skadovsk Raion.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas: * Lazurne settlement hromada with the administration in Lazurne; * Novomykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in Novomykolaivka; * Skadovsk urban hromada with the administration in Skadovsk.

References

{{Authority control Raions of Kherson Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine