Kryvyi Rih Raion
Kryvyi Rih Raion
Криворізький район | |
|---|---|
| Kryvorizkyi raion | |
| Coordinates: 47°59′49″N 32°59′58″E / 47.99694°N 32.99944°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Admin. center | Kryvyi Rih |
| Subdivisions | 15 hromadas |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,717.4 km2 (2,207.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 743,934 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Area code | +38 056 |
Kryvyi Rih Raion (Ukrainian: Криворізький район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast situated in central and southern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Kryvyi Rih. Population: 743,934 (2022 estimate).
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Kryvyi Rih Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Apostolove, Shyroke, and Sofiivka Raions, as well as Kryvyi Rih Municipality, were merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 43,807 (2020 est.).