raion

Also known as rayon, rajon

A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is commonly translated as 'district' in English.

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A raion is an administrative division used in several post-Soviet countries, functioning as either a regional subdivision or a district within a city. The term, borrowed from French, is typically translated as "district" in English and represents a standard unit for organizing government and local administration.

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Commons category: Raions
short name: н.

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Etymology
List of countries with raion subdivisions
History
Raions in the Soviet Union
Raions outside the Soviet Union
Raions after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Modern raions
Abkhazia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Moldova
South Ossetia
Transnistria
Russia
Ukraine
Notes
References

A raion is a standardized administrative entity across most of the former Soviet Union and is usually a subdivision two steps below the national level, such as a subdivision of an oblast. However, in smaller USSR republics, it could be the primary level of administrative division. After the fall of the Soviet Union, some of the republics kept the raion (e.g. Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) while others dropped it (e.g. Georgia, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Latvia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan).