Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion

Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, adjacent to the city of Kyiv which served as the administrative center for the raion. The city of Kyiv itself did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was split between Bucha, Fastiv, and Obukhiv Raions. The last estimate of the raion population was . The raion was situated just to the west of the city of Kyiv, and should not be confused with the Sviatoshyn District of Kyiv city, which it bordered and where its administration was located. The raion's name related to the historical area and woodland of Sviatoshyn, which currently is located with the city limits of Kyiv. Geography Most of the Raion was located within the Polesie lowland, while its southeastern portion belonged to the Dnieper Upland. The woodland area of the raion covered and the agricultural land area covered . Several areas of nature conservation were located there, including Zhornivskyi (ornithological) Reserve and Zhukiv Khutir (dendrological). Subdivisions At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of eight hromadas: Bilohorodka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bilohorodka, transferred to Bucha Raion; Boiarka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Boiarka, transferred to Fastiv Raion; Borshchahivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sofiivska Borshchahivka, transferred to Bucha Raion; Chabany settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Chabany, transferred to Fastiv Raion; Dmytrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dmytrivka, transferred to Bucha Raion; Feodosiivska rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Khodosivka, transferred to Obukhiv Raion; Hatne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hatne, transferred to Fastiv Raion; Vyshneve urban hromada with the administration in the city of Vyshneve, transferred to Bucha Raion.