Velyka Lepetykha Raion

Velykolepetyskyi Raion
Великолепетиський район
Coordinates: 47°06′35″N 34°06′10″E / 47.10972°N 34.10278°E / 47.10972; 34.10278
Country Ukraine
RegionKherson Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
De-facto reestablishment8 July 2022
Admin. centerVelyka Lepetykha
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — urban hromada
  •   1 — settlement hromadas
  • 6 — rural hromadas

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — settlements
  • 12 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorOlga Baranovskaya (de-facto)
Area
 • Total
1,140 km2 (440 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
15,961
 • Density14.0/km2 (36.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
74500—74532
Area code+380 5543
Websitehttp://lepetykha-rda.gov.ua (Ukrainian-administered, defunct)
https://velikolepetixskij-r74.gosweb.gosuslugi.ru/ (Russian-administered)

Velyka Lepetykha Raion (Ukrainian: Великолепетиський район) was one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Velyka Lepetykha. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Velyka Lepetykha Raion was merged into Kakhovka Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was 15,961 (2020 est.)

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:

  • Rubanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Rubanivka;
  • Velyka Lepetykha settlement hromada with the administration in Velyka Lepetykha.

During the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, a decree in July 8, 2022 restored the Raion as the "Velikolepetikhsky District" with Olga Baranovskaya as its first governor.