Uman district is located in the south-western part of Cherkasy region, in the historical and ethnographic region of the Middle Dnieper. The rivers Yatran and Gorsky Tikich flow within the district. The rocky canyon of the Mountain Tikich and the waterfall Vyr in the village of Buki are very popular with tourists.
The administrative center of Uman district is the historic city of Uman, which is known primarily for the dendrological park "Sofiyivka", founded in the late XVIII century. Count Stanislaw Szczeński Potocki for his wife Sophia. There are also such historical and cultural monuments as the Basilian Monastery, St. Nicholas Cathedral, the Church of the Assumption, the men's gymnasium and more. The tomb of one of the founders of Hasidism, Tzaddik Rabbi Nachman of ...