Kakhovka Raion
Kakhovka Raion is one of the administrative raions of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Nova Kakhovka. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Kakhovka Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Chaplynka, Hornostaivka, Velyka Lepetykha, and Verkhnii Rohachyk Raions, as well as Nova Kakhovka Municipality and the city of Kakhovka which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kakhovka Raion. Kakhovka served as the raion center before 2020, but after the reform, the center was moved to Nova Kakhovka. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Also the reform made changes to local subdivisions and territorial councils were replaced with territorial communities which also were increased combining several adjacent territorial councils. In this way, instead of one settlement council and 18 village councils, Kakhovka Raion was re-subdivided into three urban hromadas, six settlement hromadas and six rural hromadas.
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 15 hromadas:- Askania-Nova settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Askania-Nova, transferred from Chaplynka Raion;
- Chaplynka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Chaplynka, transferred from Chaplynka Raion;
- Hornostaivka settlement hromada with the administration in rural settlement of Hornostaivka, transferred from Hornostaivka Raion;
- Kakhovka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kakhovka, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Kakhovka;
- Khrestivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Khrestivka, transferred from Chaplynka Raion;
- Kostiantynivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of [Kostiantynivka, Kostiantynivka, Kostiantynivka rural hromada, Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast|Kostiantynivka rural hromada, Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast|Kostiantynivka], transferred from Hornostaivka Raion;
- Liubymivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Liubymivka, retained from Kakhovka Raion;
- Nova Kakhovka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Nova Kakhovka, transferred from Nova Kakhovka Municipality;
- with the administration in the selo of Hryhorivka, transferred from Chaplynka Raion;
- Rubanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rubanivka, transferred from Velyka Lepetykha Raion;
- Tavriisk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Tavriisk, retained from Kakhovka Raion and transferred from Nova Kakhovka Municipality;
- Tavrychanka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Tavrychanka, retained from Kakhovka Raion;
- Velyka Lepetykha settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Velyka Lepetykha, transferred from Velyka Lepetykha Raion;
- Verkhnii Rohachyk settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Verkhnii Rohachyk, transferred from Verkhnii Rohachyk Raion;
- Zelenyi Pid rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Zelenyi Pid, retained from Kakhovka Raion.
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas:- Liubymivka settlement hromada with the administration in Liubymivka;
- Tavrychanka rural hromada with the administration in Tavrychanka;
- Tavriisk urban hromada with the administration in Tavriisk, shared with Nova Kakhovka Municipality;
- Zelenyi Pid rural hromada with the administration in Zelenyi Pid.