Pechenihy Raion

Pechenihy Raion (Ukrainian: Печенізький район) was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Pechenihy. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 9,617 (2020 est.)[3].

Pechenihy Raion
Печенізький район
Raion
Flag of Pechenihy Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Pechenihy Raion
Coat of arms
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°55′17.49″N 37°0′30.9096″E
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerPechenihy
Area
 • Total467.5 km2 (180.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total9,617
 • Density21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.kharkivoda.gov.ua

After the reform in 2020 Pechenihy raion was substituted by Pechenihy settlement hromada (community) of approximately the same size, and as such it became a part of an enlarged Chuhuiv Raion, with a total population of 202,200[4]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,[5] Pechenihy settlement hromada with the administration in Pechenihy.

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. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. "Печенізька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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