Poltava Raion
Полтавський район | |
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Coordinates: 49°35′22″N 34°33′05″E / 49.58944°N 34.55139°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Poltava Oblast |
Established | March 7, 1923 |
Admin. center | Poltava |
Subdivisions | 24 hromadas |
Government | |
• Governor | Lidia Lepeyko |
Area | |
• Total | 1,259 km2 (486 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 582,391 |
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 38701—38786 |
Area code | +380-5322 |
Website | Official 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: 582,391 (2022 estimate).[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]