Shpola Raion

{{short description|Former subdivision of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine}}

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|native_name = Шполянський район

|settlement_type =Raion

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|image_flag = Flags of Shpola Raion.png

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|map_caption = Raion location in Cherkasy Oblast

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_name1 = Cherkasy Oblast

|seat_type=Admin. center

|seat=Shpola

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| established_title1 = Established

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| established_title2 = Disestablished

| established_date2 = 18 July 2020

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 41211

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = EET

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Shpola Raion ({{langx|uk|Шполянський район}}) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Shpola. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Shpola Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} The last estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|41211}}

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:{{cite web |title=Шполянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Черкасская-область/Шполянский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}

• Lypianka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lypianka;
• Matusiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Matusiv;
• Shpola urban hromada with the administration in Shpola.