Subdivision of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Synelnykove Raion (Ukrainian: Синельниківський район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Synelnykove. Population: 198,974 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Synelnykove Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Mezhova, Petropavlivka, Pokrovske, and Vasylkivka Raions, as well as the cities of Pershotravensk and Synelnykove, which were previously incorporated as cities of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Synelnykove Raion.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 36,845(2020 est.).[5]
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 19 hromadas:[4]
Bohynivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bohynivka, transferred from Petropavlivka Raion;[6]
Dubovyky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dubovyky, transferred from Vasylkivka Raion;[7]
Ilarionove settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Ilarionove, retained from Synelnykove Raion;
Malomykhailivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Malomykhailivka, transferred from Pokrovske Raion;[8]
Mezhova settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Mezhova, transferred from Mezhova Raion;[9]
Mykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mykolaivka, transferred from Petropavlivka Raion;[6]
Novopavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novopavlivka, transferred from Mezhova Raion;[9]