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Bashtanka Raion

Bashtanskyi Raion Баштанський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°20′59″N 32°21′49″E / 47.34972°N 32.36361°E / 47.34972; 32.36361
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Mykolaiv Oblast
Admin. center	Bashtanka
Subdivisions	12 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Natalia Oliynyk
Area
• Total	6,706 km2 (2,589 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	134,234
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	56100—56182
Area code	+380 5158

Bashtanka Raion (Ukrainian: Баштанський район) is a raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bashtanka. Population: 134,234 (2022 estimate).^[1]

On 19 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Bashtanka Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Bereznehuvate, Kazanka, Novyi Buh, and Snihurivka Raions, were merged into Bashtanka Raion.^[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 36,507 (2020 est.).^[4]

Subdivisions[edit]

Current[edit]

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 12 hromadas:^[3]

• Bashtanka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Bashtanka, retained from Bashtanka Raion;
• Bereznehuvate settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlementofBereznehuvate, transferred from Bereznehuvate Raion;^[5]
• Horokhivske rural hromada with the administration in the seloofHorokhivske, transferred from Snihurivka Raion;^[6]
• Inhulka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Inhulka, retained from Bashtanka Raion;
• Kazanka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kazanka, transferred from Kazanka Raion;^[7]
• Novyi Buh urban hromada with the administration in the city of Novyi Buh, transferred from Novyi Buh Raion;^[8]
• Pryvilne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pryvilne, retained from Bashtanka Raion;
• Shyroke rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Shyroke, transferred from Snihurivka Raion;^[6]
• Snihurivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Snihurivka, transferred from Snihurivka Raion;^[6]
• Sofiivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sofiivka, transferred from Novyi Buh Raion;^[8]
• Vilne Zaporizhzhia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vilne Zaporizhzhia, transferred from Novyi Buh Raion;^[8]
• Volodymyrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Volodymyrivka, transferred from Kazanka Raion.^[7]

Before 2020[edit]

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas,^[9]

• Bashtanka urban hromada with the administration in Bashtanka;
• Inhulka rural hromada with the administration in Inhulka;
• Pryvilne rural hromada with the administration in Pryvilne.

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