Holovanivsk Raion

Holovanivsk Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Holovanivsk. Its population is 118,803 (2022 estimate).

Holovanivsk Raion
Голованівський район
Raion
Coordinates: 48°22′10″N 30°30′59″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerHolovanivsk
Subdivisions10 hromadas
Government
  GovernorArkadiy Tkachuk
Area
  Total4,244.3 km2 (1,638.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total118,803
  Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
26500—26555
Area code+380 5252
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20140223094237/http://golvrda.org.ua/

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Holovanivsk Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Blahovishchenske, Haivoron, Novoarkhanhelsk, and Vilshanka Raions, were merged into Holovanivsk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 29,452 (2020 est.).

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