Poltava Raion

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Poltava Raion
Полтавський район
Raion
Flag of Poltava Raion
Coat of arms of Poltava Raion
Poltavskiy rayon 2020.svg
Coordinates: 49°35′0.423″N 34°36′30.4524″E / 49.58345083°N 34.608459000°E / 49.58345083; 34.608459000Coordinates: 49°35′0.423″N 34°36′30.4524″E / 49.58345083°N 34.608459000°E / 49.58345083; 34.608459000
Country Ukraine
RegionPoltava Oblast
EstablishedMarch 7, 1923
Admin. centerPoltava
Subdivisions24 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorLidia Lepeyko
Area
 • Total1,259 km2 (486 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total589,922
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
38701—38786
Area code+380-5322
WebsiteOfficial homepage

Poltava Raion (Ukrainian: Полтавський район) is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Poltava. Population: 589,922 (2021 est.)[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Poltava Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Poltava Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 68,174 (2020 est.)[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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