Zhashkiv Raion

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

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|native_name = Жашківський район

|settlement_type =Raion

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name =Ukraine

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|subdivision_name1 = Cherkasy Oblast

|seat_type=Admin. center

|seat=Zhashkiv

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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 = 35145

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = EET

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Zhashkiv Raion ({{langx|uk|Жашківський район}}) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Zhashkiv. 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 Zhashkiv Raion was merged into Uman 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|35,145}}

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

• Bashtechky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bashtechky;
• Sokolivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sokolivka;
• Zhashkiv urban hromada with the administration in Zhashkiv.