On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Uzhhorod Raion was significantly expanded.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 71,640 (2020 est.).[5]
Some Romanians live in this raion. They live more precisevly in the area of Poroshkovo and are known in Romanian as volohi.[6]
Names
There are several alternative names used for this raion: Hungarian: Ungvári járás, Slovak: Užhorodský rajón, German: Rajon Uschhorod, Romanian: Raionul Ujhorod, Rusyn: Ужгородьскый район, Russian: Ужгородский район.