Holovanivsk Raion
Holovanivsk Raion
Голованівський район | |
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| Coordinates: 48°22′10″N 30°30′59″E / 48.36944°N 30.51639°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Admin. center | Holovanivsk |
| Subdivisions | 10 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Arkadiy Tkachuk |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,244.3 km2 (1,638.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 118,803 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 26500—26555 |
| Area code | +380 5252 |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20140223094237/http://golvrda.org.ua/ |
Holovanivsk Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the rural settlement of Holovanivsk. Its population is 118,803 (2022 estimate).
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 Holovanivsk Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Blahovishchenske, Haivoron, Novoarkhanhelsk, and Vilshanka Raions, were merged into Holovanivsk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 29,452 (2020 est.).