The administrative divisions of Ukraine are under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Constitution. Ukraine is a unitary state with three levels of administrative divisions: 27 regions, 136 raions (districts) and 1469 hromadas.
Starosta or starost is a community elder in some Slavic lands.
Tsybuliv is a rural settlement in Uman Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located in Monastyryshche urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine, the administration of which is located in the town of Monastyryshche. Population: 3,436.
Verkhovyna, known as Zhabie until 1962, is a rural settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. Verkhovyna serves as the administrative center of Verkhovyna Raion. It also hosts the administration of Verkhovyna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 5,773.
Deliatyn, is a rural settlement in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 101 kilometers west of Chernivtsi and 294.6 miles west-southwest of Kyiv. Together with Yaremche and Lanchyn it is part of a small agglomeration that runs along the Prut River valley between the Carpathian Mountains. Deliatyn hosts the administration of Deliatyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is 8,213.
A hromada is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020. Similar terms exist in Poland (gromada) and in Belarus (hramada). The literal translation of this term is "community", similar to the terms used in western European states, such as Germany (Gemeinde), France (commune), Italy (comune), and Portugal (freguesia), or in several English-speaking countries (township).
Medenychi is a rural settlement in Drohobych Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Medenychi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 3,292 . Local government is administered by Medenychi village council.
Stryi Raion is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Stryi. Population: 319,464.
Kharkiv Raion is a raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kharkiv. Population: 1,729,049.
Beryslav Raion is one of the five administrative raions of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Beryslav. Its population was 55,976 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: 94,103.
In Ukraine, a populated place refers to a structured component of the human settlement system, representing a stationary community within a territorially cohesive and compact area characterized by a significant concentration of population. Its defining attribute is the continuous presence of human inhabitants. Populated places in Ukraine are classified into two primary categories: urban and rural. Urban populated places are cities, whereas rural areas include villages and rural settlements. According to data from the 2001 Ukrainian Census, there are 1,344 urban and 28,621 rural populated places in Ukraine.
Henichesk Raion is one of the five administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located in the city of Henichesk. Population: 118,059.
Kakhovka Raion is one of the administrative raions of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Nova Kakhovka. Population: 216,458.
Skadovsk Raion is one of the five administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Skadovsk. Population: 122,745.
Izium Raion is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Izium. Population: 172,120.
Chkalovske settlement territorial hromada is a hromada in Ukraine, in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Chkalovske. Population: 11,682
An amalgamated hromada or amalgamated territorial community, also known as a united territorial community, was a special unit of administrative division in Ukraine from 2015 to 2020. First created in 2015, amalgamated hromadas were formed through the voluntary merger of preexisting hromadas, a form of third-level administrative unit including cities, villages, urban-type settlements, and rural settlements, to form a new enlarged administrative unit. On 6 March 2020 Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that 1,045 amalgamated hromadas had been established and that 350 more had to be created. As of 2020 the amalgamated hromadas already took over most tasks of the raions.
Lviv Raion is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished raions, Horodok, Peremyshliany, Pustomyty, and Zhovkva Raions, as well as Lviv Municipality and parts of Kamianka-Buzka and Zolochiv Raions, were merged into Lviv Raion. Population: 1,141,119.
Sofiivka rural hromada, also known as Kolarivka rural hromada, is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Berdiansk Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Its administrative center is the village of Sofiivka.
Yenakiieve urban hromada is a prospective hromada of Ukraine, located in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Yenakiieve.
