Vilshanka Raion
{{Short description|Former subdivision of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vilshanka Raion
| native_name = Вільшанський район
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Raion
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| image_flag = Flag of Vilshanka raion.svg
| flag_alt = Flag of Vilshanka Raion
| image_shield = Герб-Вільшанського-району.png
| shield_alt = Coat of arms of Vilshanka Raion
| image_map = Vilshanskyi-Raion.png
| mapsize = 250px
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| coordinates = {{coord|48|17|6|N|30|51|40|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Kirovohrad Oblast
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts_style = coll
| p1 = 0 — city councils
| p2 = 1 — settlement councils
| p3 = 14 — rural councils
| p4 = Number of localities:
0 — cities
| p5 = {{nowrap|1 — urban-type settlements}}
| p6 = 24 — villages
| p7 = — rural settlements
| established_title1 = Established
| established_date1 = 1919{{cn|date=December 2023}}
| established_title2 = Disestablished
| established_date2 = 18 July 2020
| seat_type = Admin. center
| seat = Vilshanka
| government_footnotes =
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Genadiy Ivanov
| leader_title1 = Chairman
| leader_name1 =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 645
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| population_footnotes =
| population_total = {{decrease}} 12,003
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = EET
| utc_offset1 = +02:00
| timezone1_DST = EEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +03:00
| postal_code_type = Postal index
| postal_code = 26600—26633
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = +380 5250
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Vilshanka Raion was a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Vilshanka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Vilshanka Raion was merged into Holovanivsk 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|12,003|.}}
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,{{cite web |title=Вільшанська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Кировоградская-область/Ольшанский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}} Vilshanka settlement hromada with the administration in Vilshanka.