Holovanivsk Raion

Holovanivsk Raion Голованівський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°22′10″N 30°30′59″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kirovohrad Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Holovanivsk
Subdivisions	10 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Arkadiy Tkachuk
Area [1][2]
• Total	4,244.3 km^2 (1,638.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	118,803
• Density	28/km^2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	26500—26555
Area code	+380 5252
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20140223094237/http://golvrda.org.ua/

Holovanivsk Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the rural settlement of Holovanivsk. Its population is 118,803 (2022 estimate).^[3]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Holovanivsk Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Blahovishchenske, Haivoron, Novoarkhanhelsk, and Vilshanka Raions, were merged into Holovanivsk Raion.^[4][5] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 29,452 (2020 est.).^[6]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 10 hromadas:^[5]

• Blahovishchenske urban hromada with the administration in the city of Blahovishchenske, transferred from Blahovishchenske Raion;^[7]
• Haivoron urban hromada with the administration in the city of Haivoron, transferred from Haivoron Raion;^[8]
• Holovanivsk settlement hromada with the administration in urban-type settlement of Holovanivsk, retained from Holovanivsk Raion;
• Nadlak rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Nadlak, transferred from Novoarkhanhelsk Raion;^[9]
• Novoarkhanhelsk settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Novoarkhanhelsk, transferred from Novoarkhanhelsk Raion;^[9]
• Perehonivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Perehonivka, retained from Holovanivsk Raion;
• Pidvysoke rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pidvysoke, transferred from Novoarkhanhelsk Raion;^[9]
• Pobuzke settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Pobuzke, retained from Holovanivsk Raion;
• Vilshanka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Vilshanka, transferred from Vilshanka Raion;^[10]
• Zavallia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Zavallia, transferred from Haivoron Raion.^[8]

Before 2020

Holovanivsk Raion in Kirovohrad Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:^[11]

• Holovanivsk settlement hromada with the administration in Holovanivsk;
• Perehonivka rural hromada with the administration in Perehonivka;
• Pobuzke settlement hromada with the administration in Pobuzke.

References

1. Ostapenko, Pavlo (Павло Остапенко), ed. (2020). Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian) (2nd ed.). Київ: Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України.
2. https://decentralization.gov.ua/areas/0522/rayons ^{[bare URL]}
3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
4. Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
5. Нові райони: карти + склад. Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
6. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
7. Благовіщенська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.). Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
8. Гайворонский-район. Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
9. Новоархангельська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.). Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
10. Вільшанська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.). Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
11. Голованівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.). Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.