Kryvyi Rih Raion Explained

Kryvyi Rih Raion
Native Name:	Криворізький район
Native Name Lang:	uk
Official Name:	Kryvorizkyi raion
Settlement Type:	Raion
Flag Alt:	Flag of Kryvyi Rih Raion
Shield Alt:	Coat of arms of Kryvyi Rih Raion
Coordinates:	47.9969°N 32.9994°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Name1:	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Parts Type:	Subdivisions
Parts:	15 hromadas
Established Title:	Established
Seat Type:	Admin. center
Leader Title:	Governor
Leader Title1:	Chairman
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	5717.4
Population Total:	743934
Population As Of:	2022
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	EET
Utc Offset1:	+02:00
Timezone1 Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+03:00
Postal Code Type:	Postal index
Area Code Type:	Area code
Area Code:	+38 056

Kryvyi Rih Raion (Ukrainian: Криворізький район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast situated in central and southern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Kryvyi Rih. Population:

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Kryvyi Rih Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Apostolove, Shyroke, and Sofiivka Raions, as well as Kryvyi Rih Municipality, were merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion.^{[2] [3]} The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 15 hromadas:

• Apostolove urban hromada with the administration in the city of Apostolove, transferred from Apostolove Raion;^[4]
• Devladove rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Devladove, transferred from Sofiivka Raion;^[5]
• Hleiuvatka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hleiuvatka, retained from Kryvyi Rih Raion;
• Hrechani Pody rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hrechani Pody, transferred from Shyroke Raion;^[6]
• Hrushivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hrushivka, transferred from Apostolove Raion;
• Karpivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Karpivka, transferred from Shyroke Raion;
• Kryvyi Rih urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kryvyi Rih, transferred from Kryvyi Rih Municipality;^[7]
• Lozuvatka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lozuvatka, retained from Kryvyi Rih Raion;
• Novolativka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novolativka, transferred from Shyroke Raion;
• Novopillia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novopillia, retained from Kryvyi Rih Raion;
• Nyva Trudova rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Nyva Trudova, transferred from Apostolove Raion;
• Shyroke settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Shyroke, transferred from Shyroke Raion;
• Sofiivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Sofiivka, transferred from Sofiivka Raion;
• Vakulove rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vakulove, transferred from Sofiivka Raion;
• Zelenodolsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Zelenodolsk, transferred from Apostolove Raion.

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:^[8]

• Hleiuvatka rural hromada with the administration in Hleiuvatka;
• Lozuvatka rural hromada with the administration in Lozuvatka;
• Novopillia rural hromada with the administration in Novopillia.

Geography

Climate

Kryvyi Rih experiences a dry continental climate with hot summer (Dfa) according to the Köppen climate classification system, like much of Ukraine. This tends to generate warm summers and cold winters with relatively low precipitation. Snowfalls are not common in the city, due to the urban warming effect. However,^[9] districts that surround the city receive more snow and roads leading out of the city can be closed^[10] due to snow.

Notes and References

1. Book: https://www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atlas_novogo_atu_2020.pdf . 2020 . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України . Ostapenko . Pavlo (Павло Остапенко) . 2nd . Київ . uk . uk:Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020.
2. News: 18 July 2020 . uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. . uk . http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 . 3 October 2020 . uk:Голос України.
3. Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:Нові райони: карти + склад . https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ . 15 April 2022 . uk . uk:Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
4. Web site: ru:Апостолівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . https://gromada.info/ru/region/Днепропетровская-область/Апостоловский-район/ . 16 April 2022 . Gromada.info . Russian.
5. Web site: ru:Софіївська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . https://gromada.info/ru/region/Днепропетровская-область/Софиевский-район/ . 16 April 2022 . Gromada.info . ru.
6. Web site: ru:Широківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . https://gromada.info/ru/region/Днепропетровская-область/Широковский-район/ . 16 April 2022 . Gromada.info . ru.
7. Web site: ru:Криворожская городская громада . https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/kryvoy-rig/ . 16 April 2022 . Gromada.info . ru.
8. Web site: ru:Криворізька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . https://gromada.info/ru/region/Днепропетровская-область/Криворожский-район/ . 16 April 2022 . Gromada.info . ru.
9. News: Leonidovna . Fomina Ekaterina (Фомина Екатерина Леонидовна) . 23 January 2012 . ru:Кривой Рог встретил снегопад во всеоружии? . 0564 . http://www.0564.ua/news/110563 . 16 April 2022.
10. News: 30 January 2014 . ru:Из-за сильных снегопадов заблокировано движение в четырех областях Украины . http://nbnews.com.ua/ru/news/111848/ . dead . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112224/http://nbnews.com.ua/ru/news/111848/ . 29 December 2017 . ru:Независимое бюро новостей.