Nikopol Raion

Nikopol Raion
Нікопольський район

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Coordinates: 47°37′23″N 34°31′57.6″E / 47.62306°N 34.532667°ECoordinates: 47°37′23″N 34°31′57.6″E / 47.62306°N 34.532667°E

Country

Ukraine

Region

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Admin. center

Nikopol

Subdivisions

List

— city councils
— settlement councils
— rural councils
Number of localities:
— cities
— urban-type settlements
— villages
— rural settlements

Area

• Total

1,943 km² (750 sq mi)

Population

• Total

42 189

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Area code

+380

Nikopol Raion (Ukrainian: Нікопольський район, Nikopolskyi raion) is an administrative subdivision (raion) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, with the administrative center in the city of Nikopol. Its territory is 1,940 km². (second largest among the raions). Population: 42,189 (2013 est.).

Within its territory, in addition to its capital of Nikopol, there are 68 settlements subordinated to it, of which 63 villages, 4 minor rural-type settlements and 1 urban-type settlement (Chervonohryhorivka). Nikopol itself is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion.

The southern border of the raion is by the Kakhovka Reservoir by the Dnieper River.

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