Yakymivka Raion

Yakymivskyi Raion
Якимівський район
Coordinates: 46°37′42.55″N 35°1′50.36″E / 46.6284861°N 35.0306556°E / 46.6284861; 35.0306556
Country Ukraine
Region Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerYakymivka
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 12 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 39 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
  GovernorAnatoliy Bloha
Area
  Total
1,850 km2 (710 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
32,490
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
72500—72564
Area code+380 6131

Yakymivka Raion (Ukrainian: Якимівський район) was one of raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region was the urban-type settlement of Yakymivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Yakymivka Raion was merged into Melitopol Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was 32,490 (2020 est.).