Svitlovodsk Raion

Svitlovodsk Raion was a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the city of Svitlovodsk, which is 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 Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Svitlovodsk Raion was merged into Oleksandriia Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 11,397 (2020 est.).^[3]

Svitlovodsk Raion Світловодський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°1′8″N 33°0′58″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Kirovohrad Oblast
Established	1962
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Svitlovodsk
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   0 — settlement councils 12 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   0 — urban-type settlements 33 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Myhaylo Kasyanov
Area
• Total	1,219 km2 (471 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	11,397
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	27519—27552
Area code	+380 5236
Website	http://www.srda.gov.ua

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,^[4] Velyka Andrusivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyka Andrusivka.