Skadovsk Raion
Skadovskyi Raion
Скадовський район | |
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| Coordinates: 46°10′30.8706″N 32°53′11.4174″E / 46.175241833°N 32.886504833°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Admin. center | Skadovsk |
| Subdivisions | 9 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Yegor Ustynov |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,255 km2 (2,029 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 122,745 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 75700—75752 |
| Area code | +380 5537 |
| Website | http://www.skadovsk.com/ |
Skadovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Скадовський район) is one of the five administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Skadovsk. Population: 122,745 (2022 estimate).
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Skadovsk Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Hola Prystan and Kalanchak Raions, as well as Hola Prystan Municipality and the city of Skadovsk, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, was merged into Skadovsk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 46,043 (2020 est.).