Skadovsk Raion

Skadovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Скадовський район) is one of the five administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Skadovsk. Population: 122,745 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Skadovskyi Raion Скадовський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°10′30.8706″N 32°53′11.4174″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Skadovsk
Subdivisions	9 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Yegor Ustynov
Area [1]
• Total	5,255 km2 (2,029 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	122,745
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	75700—75752
Area code	+380 5537
Website	http://www.skadovsk.com/

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 Skadovsk Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Hola Prystan and Kalanchak Raions, as well as Hola Prystan Municipality and the city of Skadovsk, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, was merged into Skadovsk Raion.^[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 46,043 (2020 est.).^[5]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9 hromadas:^[4]

• Bekhtery rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bekhtery, transferred from Hola Prystan Raion;^[6]
• Chulakivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Chulakivka, transferred from Hola Prystan Raion;^[6]
• Dolmativka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dolmativka, transferred from Hola Prystan Raion;^[6]
• Hola Prystan urban hromada with the administration in the city of Hola Prystan, transferred from Hola Prystan Municipality.^[7]
• Kalanchak settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Kalanchak, transferred from Kalanchak Raion;^[8]
• Lazurne settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Lazurne, retained from Skadovsk Raion;
• Myrne settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Myrne, transferred from Kalanchak Raion;^[8]
• Novomykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novomykolaivka, retained from Skadovsk Raion;
• Skadovsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Skadovsk, retained from Skadovsk Raion.

Before 2020

Skadovsk Raion in Kherson Oblast before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:^[9]

• Lazurne settlement hromada with the administration in Lazurne;
• Novomykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in Novomykolaivka;
• Skadovsk urban hromada with the administration in Skadovsk.