Chuhuiv Raion
Чугуївський район | |
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Coordinates: 49°46′59.5308″N 36°45′24.858″E / 49.783203000°N 36.75690500°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
Admin. center | Chuhuiv |
Subdivisions | 9 hromadas |
Area | |
• Total | 4,804 km2 (1,855 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 194,177 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | chuguevrda |
Chuhuiv Raion (Ukrainian: Чугуївський район) is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chuhuiv. Population: 194,177 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Chuhuiv Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Pechenihy, Vovchansk, and Zmiiv Raions, as well as the city of Chuhuiv, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Chuhuiv Raion.[3][4][5] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 45,362 (2020 est.).[6]
It contains the Pechenihy Reservoir on the Siverskyi Donets river.
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9 hromadas:[5]
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[11]