Lokhvytsia Raion

Lokhvytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Ло́хвицький райо́н; translit.: Lóchvyc’kyj Rajón) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the city of Lokhvytsia. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Myrhorod Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 40,617 (2020 est.)[3]

Lokhvytsia Raion
Ло́хвицький райо́н
Raion
Flag of Lokhvytsia Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Lokhvytsia Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°21′53.2146″N 33°19′1.6356″E
Country Ukraine
RegionPoltava Oblast
Established1971
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerLokhvytsia
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 83 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorViktor Stchurov
Area
 • Total1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total40,617
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380
WebsiteOfficial homepage

An important river within the Lokhvytskyi Raion was the Sula River. The raion was established on 1971.

Settlements
  • Bezsaly
  • Berbenytsi
  • Bilohorilka
  • Bodakva
  • Vasylky
  • Vyrishalne
  • Hyryavi Iskivtsi
  • Iskivtsi
  • Korsunivka
  • Lutsenky
  • Luka
  • Pisky
  • Poharschtyna
  • Ryhy
  • Svyrydivka
  • Sencha
  • Tokari
  • Kharkivtsi
  • Yahnyky

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.
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