Shpola Raion

Shpola Raion (Ukrainian: Шполянський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Shpola. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Shpola Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 41,211 (2020 est.)^[3]

Shpola Raion Шполянський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast
Coordinates: 48°57′34.8″N 31°25′42.5″E / 48.959667°N 31.428472°E / 48.959667; 31.428472Coordinates: 48°57′34.8″N 31°25′42.5″E / 48.959667°N 31.428472°E / 48.959667; 31.428472
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Shpola
Population  (2020)
• Total	41,211
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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

• Lypianka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lypianka;
• Matusiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Matusiv;
• Shpola urban hromada with the administration in Shpola.

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. "Шполянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.