| Raions of Ukraine | |
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| Category | Second level of subdivision |
| Location | |
| Created | 1923 as part of the Soviet Administrative Reform |
| Number | 490 and 118 city raions (as of 2004) |
| Populations | 52,000 |
| Areas | 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) |
| Government | Raion Council |
| Subdivisions | 11,441 settlement councils |
Raions of Ukraine (or raiony, to use the Ukrainian plural; Ukrainian: Райони України) are small territorial subdivisions of Ukraine. They are a second level of an administrative division. Regular raions are sometimes considered rural to differ them from city raions that are in possession of selected cities (Raions of cities of Ukraine).
There are 490 raions in 24 oblasts and the Crimea autonomous republic of Ukraine. There are also 118 city raions in some 27 cities. The number of raions per oblast as well as Crimea varies between 11 and over 20. The average area of a Ukrainian raion is 1,200 km2 (463 sq mi). The average population is 52,000. The city municipalities of regional (oblast) significance (abbr. MOZ) have an independent of raion jurisdiction. The number of such cities (MOZ) varies from one region to another. In the list below they are listed separately as well. Each raion consist of urban (towns) or rural (villages) smaller municipalities that are administrated by their local councils and subordinated to raion's or city's administrations. They are the lowest level of administrative division.
Some cities of oblast subordination along with the two cities of national significance (Kiev and Sevastopol) are also divided in "city raions". "City raions" have their own local administration and are subordinated directly to a city. Them may contain other cities, towns, and villages.
| Administrative divisions of Ukraine |
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| First level |
| Regions |
| Second level |
| Districts — Raion |
| Third level |
| Local Settlements — District City — Village |
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The following list represents the administrative division of oblasts in Ukraine that beside their raions usually contain at least one city that carries a special status such as the oblast seat. Apart from the administrative center each oblast may also have some other cities with a status of either oblast or raion significance (abbr. MOZ or MRZ). Cities of raion significance (MRZ) are often administrative centers of their corresponding raion, while the cities of oblast significance (MOZ) may also serve such role they are not part of their corresponding raion.
Also note that the list is in the order of Cyrillic and in accordance to the above posted map with the towns of special status marked with letters of the Latin alphabet. The names of each raion correspond to its administrative center (raion seat). The population recorded in the table is listed in accordance to the latest census taken in the country, Ukrainian Census (2001). The names of some raions are still in the spirit of the colonial Soviet/Russian epochs and the administration of those raions is not too eager to abolish them.
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