Vyshhorod Raion
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Vyshhorod Raion (Ukrainian: Вишгородський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of 132,136 (2022 estimate).[1]
Vyshhorod Raion
Вишгородський район | |
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Вишгородський район (Vyshhorodskyi raion) | |
Coordinates: 50°49′4″N 30°19′23″E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Kyiv Oblast |
Established | April 12, 1973 |
Admin. center | Vyshhorod |
Subdivisions | 7 hromadas |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 132,136 |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Area code | +380 |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Vyshhorod Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Ivankiv and Poliske Raions, as well as the cities of Slavutych and Vyshhorod, which were previously incorporated as cities of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Vyshhorod Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 76,347 (2020 est.).[4]