Obolon Raion (Ukrainian: Оболонський район, Obolons’kyi raion), is a municipal raion (administrative district) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Obolon Raion encompasses territories far beyond of its historical neighborhood with the same name. Its current population is 290,000 inhabitants. It was formed on March 3, 1975 and initially called as Minsk Raion. In 2001 it was decided to rename the raion to its historical name of the region.
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