Nikopol Raion
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The Nikopol district (Ukrainian: Нікопольський район, Nikopolskyi raion) is an administrative subdivision (raion) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, with capital Nikopol. Its territory is 1,940 km2. (second largest among the raions), population 44,716 (2005).[1][2]
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[3] and 1 urban-type settlement (Chervonogrigorovka).[1] (Nikopol itself is a city of oblast-level subordination)
The southern border of the raion is by the Kakhovka Reservoir by the Dnieper River.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A record of the district and the Ukrainian government website
- ↑ Nikopol raion official website
- ↑ The Ukrainian term is selishche (uk:Селище), usually refers to a khutor, fisherman settlement or dacha settlement
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