Editing Raion (section)

==List of countries with raion subdivisions==
Fourteen countries have or had entities that were named "raion" or the local version of it.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country
! From
! Until
! Local name
! Comment
! Details
|-
| [[Abkhazia]] (partially recognised state)
| 
| (existing)
| araion (араион)
| inherited from the [[Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Abkhaz ASSR]] 
| [[Districts of Abkhazia]]
|-
| [[Armenia]]
| 
| 1995
|
| inherited from the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenian SSR]] 
| [[Districts of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
|-
| [[Austria]]
| 
| ~ 1918
| Rayon, Rajon
| Used only by the [[Gendarmerie (Austria)#K.k. Gendarmerie|k.k. Gendarmerie]] to designate police districts ("Behördenrayon", lit. authorities' raion).
| 
|-
| [[Azerbaijan]]
| 
| (existing)
| rayon, pl. rayonlar;
| inherited from the [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic|Azerbaijan SSR]] 
| [[Districts of Azerbaijan]]
|-
| [[Belarus]]
| 
| (existing)
| {{langx|be|раён, rajon}}
| inherited from the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]] 
| [[Districts of Belarus]]
|-
| [[Bulgaria]]
| 
| (existing)
| район, pl. райони (rayoni)
| raions are subdivisions of three biggest cities: [[Sofia]], [[Plovdiv]] and [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]. Sofia is subdivided to 24 raions ([[Sofia districts]]), Plovdiv - 6, Varna - 5 raions 
|
|-
| [[China]]
| 
| (existing)
| {{zh|c=行政分区|labels=no}}
| restricted to the [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]] as influenced by the USSR. The districts of Ürümqi City and Karamay City are called ''رايون'' ([[SASM/GNC romanization|SASM/GNC/SRC]] and [[Uyghur Latin alphabet|ULY]]: ''rayon'') in Uyghur. 
| 
|-
| [[Crimea]] (Republic of Crimea - short lived Republic recognized by only a few UN member states)
| 2014-03-16
| 2014-03-16
|
| inherited from Ukraine. The Republic is now split into the [[federal subjects of Russia]] named [[Republic of Crimea (Russia)|Republic of Crimea]] and [[Sevastopol]] 
|
|-
| [[Estonia]]
| 
| 1990
| {{langx|et|rajoon}}, pl. ''rajoonid''
| inherited from the [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian SSR]]. In 1990 transformed into counties ({{langx|et|maakond}}) 
| [[Counties of Estonia]]
|-
| [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| 
| 2006
| {{lang-ka|რაიონი}} ''raioni''
| inherited from the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]]; 2006 as first-level entities reorganized into municipalities. A ''raioni'' remains a territorial subdivision of Georgia's capital, [[Tbilisi]]. 
| [[List of municipalities in Georgia (country)]]
|-
| [[Kazakhstan]]
| 
| (existing)
| {{langx|ru|райо́н}}
| inherited from the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]] 
| [[Districts of Kazakhstan]]
|-
| [[Latvia]]
| 
| 2009-07-01
| rajons; pl. rajoni
| inherited from the [[Latvian SSR]] 
| [[Districts of Latvia]]
|-
| [[Lithuania]]
| 
| 1994
| {{langx|lt|rajonas}}
| inherited from the [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic|Lithuanian SSR]]. In 1994 transformed into district municipalities ({{langx|lt|rajono savivaldybė}}) 
| [[Municipalities of Lithuania]]
|-
| [[Moldova]]
| 
| (existing)
| [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: raion
| introduced in administrative reform in 2003 
| [[Districts of Moldova]]
|-
| [[Romania]]
| 
| 1968-02-16
| {{langx|ro|raion}}
| one of the [[Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania]] 
| [[Districts of the People's Republic of Romania]] 
|-
| [[Russia|Russian Federation]]
| 
| (existing)
| {{langx|ru|райо́н}}
| inherited from the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] 
| [[Districts of Russia]]
|-
| [[South Ossetia-Alania]] (partially recognised state)
| 
| (existing)
| 
| inherited from the [[South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast|South Ossetian AO]] || [[Districts of South Ossetia]]
|-
| [[Soviet Union]]
| 
| 1991-12-26 (end of entity)
| 
| At various levels below the constituent republics.
|
|-
| [[Transnistria]] (breakaway territory; de jure part of Moldova)
| 
| (existing)
|
| inherited from the [[Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|Moldavian SSR]] 
| [[Raions of Transnistria]]
|-
| [[Ukraine]]
| 
| (existing)
| {{langx|uk|райо́н}}
| 490 raions were inherited from the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], which were replaced by 136 new raions in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Україна з новим адмінтерустроєм: парламент створив 136 нових районів та ліквідував 490 старих |trans-title=Ukraine with a new administrative system: the parliament created 136 new districts and eliminated 490 old ones |url= https://decentralization.gov.ua/news/12634|work=[[Decentralization Reform]] |date=17 July 2020|language=uk}}<br>{{cite news |title=The council reduced the number of districts in Ukraine: 136 instead of 490|url= https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/07/17/7259715/|work=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |date=17 July 2020|language=uk}}</ref> Major Ukrainian cities are also [[Raions of cities in Ukraine|subdivided into raions]], constituting a total of 118 nationwide.
| [[Raions of Ukraine]]
|}