Melitopol Raion

Melitopol Raion (Ukrainian: Мелітопольський район) is one of the 5 raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Melitopol. Population: 280,816 (2021 est.)[2].

Melitopolskyi Raion
Мелітопольський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 46°56′35.1″N 35°16′34.96″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZaporizhzhia Oblast
Established1930
Admin. centerMelitopol
Subdivisions16 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorValeriy Gorban
Area
[1]
 • Total7,081.04 km2 (2,734.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total280,816
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
72330—72384
Area code+380 619
Websitehttp://www.mrda.gov.ua/

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Melitopol Raion was significantly expanded. [3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 48,191 (2020 est.)[5]

References
  1. https://www.zoda.gov.ua/files/WP_Article_File/original/000142/142760.pdf
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. 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.


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