Bilozerka Raion

Bilozerka Raion (Ukrainian: Білозерський район) was one of the 18 former administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Bilozerka. The raion was disestablished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of the former Bilozerka Raion was merged into Kherson Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 64,790 (2020 est.)^[3]

Bilozerskyi Raion Білозерський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 46°40′47.139″N 32°18′5.1546″E / 46.67976083°N 32.301431833°E / 46.67976083; 32.301431833Coordinates: 46°40′47.139″N 32°18′5.1546″E / 46.67976083°N 32.301431833°E / 46.67976083; 32.301431833
Country	Ukraine
Region	Kherson Oblast
Established	1939
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Bilozerka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 21 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 38 — villages   16 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Valeriy Poddubniy
Area
• Total	1,700 km^2 (700 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	64,790
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	75000—75053
Area code	+380 5547

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of five hromadas:^[4]

• Bilozerka settlement hromada with the administration in Bilozerka;
• Chornobaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Chornobaivka;
• Darivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Darivka;
• Muzykivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Muzykivka;
• Stanislav rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Stanislav.

Settlements

Settlements in the raion include:

• Zelenyi Hai

References

1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
3. 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.
4. "Білозерська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.