Chaplynka Raion (Ukrainian: Чаплинський 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 Chaplynka. 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 Chaplynka Raion was merged into Kakhovka Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 34,149 (2020 est.)[3]

Chaplynskyi Raion Чаплинський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 46°23′39.3468″N 33°42′32.1834″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Kherson Oblast
Established	7 March 1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Chaplynka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   2 — settlement councils 18 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   2 — urban-type settlements 33 — villages   6 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Volodymar Beryslavskyi
Area
• Total	1,700 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	34,149
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	75200—75244
Area code	+380 5538

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:[4]

• Askania-Nova settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Askania-Nova;
• Chaplynka settlement hromada with the administration in Chaplynka;
• Hryhorivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hryhorivka;
• Khrestivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Khrestivka.

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[ru] Чаплинский район