Smila Raion

Smila Raion (Ukrainian: Смілянський Район) was a raion in Cherkasy Oblast. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Smila 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 Smila Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was: 31,264 (2020 est.)^[3]

Smila Raion Смілянський Район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°9′6.6″N 31°48′44″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Cherkasy Oblast
Established	March 7, 1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Smila
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 32 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Zaytsev Sergiy Anatolievych
Area
• Total	934 km2 (361 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	31,264
• Density	33/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	20720—20762
Area code	+380-4733
Website	http://smilarda.org.ua/

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

• Balakleia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Balakleia;
• Berezniaky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Berezniaky;
• Rotmistrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rotmistrivka;
• Ternivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ternivka.

People

From Smila Raion

• Todos' Os'machka - poet
• Zinaida Dolotenko - politician

Associated

• Élie Metchnikoff - immunologist