Kaniv | |
Native Name: | Канівський район |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Cherkasy Oblast |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Seat: | Kaniv |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Title2: | Disestablished |
Established Date2: | 18 July 2020 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 18587 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 49.7583°N 31.3268°W |
Kaniv Raion (Ukrainian: Канівський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Kaniv which was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Kaniv Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[3]