Kaniv Raion

Kaniv Raion (Ukrainian: Канівський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Kaniv which was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. 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 Kaniv Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,587 (2020 est.)^[3]

Kaniv Канівський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast
Coordinates: 49°45′30″N 31°19′36.6″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Kaniv
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,587
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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

• Bobrytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bobrytsia;
• Lipliave rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lipliave;
• Stepantsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Stepantsi.

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
4. "Канівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.