Novomoskovsk Raion

Novomoskovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Новомосковський район) is a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Novomoskovsk. Population: 167,526 (2022 estimate).

Novomoskovsk Raion
Новомосковський район
Novomoskovskyi raion
Coordinates: 48°36′41.8″N 35°8′9.3″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Admin. centerNovomoskovsk
Subdivisions8 hromadas
Area
  Total3,482.9 km2 (1,344.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total167,526
  Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Novomoskovsk Raion was significantly expanded. One abolished raion, Mahdalynivka Raion, as well as the city of Novomoskovsk (which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion), were merged into Novomoskovsk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 71,613 (2020 est.).

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