Uman Raion
Uman Raion
Уманський район | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 48°40′37″N 30°16′11.3″E / 48.67694°N 30.269806°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Cherkasy Oblast |
| Admin. center | Uman |
| Subdivisions | 12 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ihor Myklashchuk |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,394.7 km2 (538.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 247,847 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 083 |
| Area code | 380-4744 |
| Website | Verkhovna Rada website |
Uman Raion (Ukrainian: Уманський район, romanized: Umans'kyi raion) is a raion (district) in the west of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uman. Population: 247,847 (2022 estimate).
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Uman Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Khrystynivka, Mankivka, Monastyryshche, and Zhashkiv Raions, as well as the city of Uman, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Uman Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 41,994 (2020 est.).