Subdivision of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
Raion in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
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]
Administrative division [ edit ]
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 24 hromadas :[ 3]
Bilyky settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Bilyky , transferred from Kobeliaky Raion;[ 5]
Chutove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Chutove , transferred from Chutove Raion;[ 6]
Dykanka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Dykanka , transferred from Dykanka Raion;[ 7]
Karlivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Karlivka , transferred from Karlivka Raion;[ 8]
Kobeliaky urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kobeliaky , transferred from Kobeliaky Raion;[ 5]
Kolomatske rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kolomatske , retained from Poltava Raion;
Kotelva settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kotelva , transferred from Kotelva Raion;[ 9]
Lanna rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Lanna , transferred from Karlivka Raion;[ 8]
Machukhy rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Machukhy , retained from Poltava Raion;
Martynivka rural hromada with the administration in the settlement of Martynivka , transferred from Karlivka Raion;[ 8]
Mashivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Mashivka , transferred from Mashivka Raion;[ 10]
Mykhailivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mykhailivka , transferred from Mashivka Raion;[ 10]
Novoselivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novoselivka , retained from Poltava Raion;
Poltava urban hromada with the administration in the city of Poltava , transferred from city of the oblast significance of Poltava and retained from Poltava Raion;[ 11]
Shcherbani rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Shcherbani , retained from Poltava Raion;
Skorokhodove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Skorokhodove , transferred from Chutove Raion;[ 6]
Tereshky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Tereshky , retained from Poltava Raion;
Velyka Rublivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyka Rublivka , transferred from Kotelva Raion.[ 9]
Poltava Raion in Poltava Oblast before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas,[ 12]
Kolomatske rural hromada with the administration in Kolomatske, retained from Poltava Raion;
Machukhy rural hromada with the administration in Machukhy, retained from Poltava Raion;
Novoselivka rural hromada with the administration in Novoselivka, retained from Poltava Raion;
Shcherbani rural hromada with the administration in Shcherbani, retained from Poltava Raion;
Tereshky rural hromada with the administration in Tereshky, retained from Poltava Raion.