Oleksandriia Raion
Олександрійський район | |
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Coordinates: 48°39′4″N 33°12′38″E / 48.65111°N 33.21056°E | |
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Established | 1923 |
Admin. center | Oleksandriia |
Subdivisions | 9 hromadas |
Government | |
• Governor | Sergiy Kuzmenko |
Area | |
• Total | 5,417.9 km2 (2,091.9 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 219,482 |
• Density | 41/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 28020—28065 |
Area code | +380 5235 |
Website | http://alex.gov.ua |
Oleksandriia Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Oleksandriia, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 219,482 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Oleksandriia Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Onufriivka, Petrove, and Svitlovodsk Raions, as well as Oleksandriia and Svitlovodsk Municipalities, were merged into Oleksandriia Raion.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 33,659 (2020 est.).[5]