Dykanka Raion

Dykanka Raion (Ukrainian: Диканський район; translit.: Dykans'kyi Raion) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Dykanka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Dykanka Raion was merged into Poltava Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,118 (2020 est.)[3]

Dykanka Raion
Диканський район
Raion
Flag of Dykanka Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Dykanka Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°49′6.8808″N 34°25′28.0446″E
Country Ukraine
RegionPoltava Oblast
Established7 March 1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerDykanka
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 58 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorLyubov Lelyuk
Area
 • Total679 km2 (262 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total18,118
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380
WebsiteOfficial homepage

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,[4] Dykanka settlement hromada with the administration in Dykanka.

Important rivers within the Dykanka Raion included the Vorskla and the Orzhytsia rivers.

Settlements
  • Bayrak
  • Dykanka

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  4. "Диканська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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