Poltava Raion

Not to be confused with Poltavsky District.

Subdivision of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Raion in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Poltava Raion

Полтавський район

Raion

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Coordinates: 49°35′22″N 34°33′05″E﻿ / ﻿49.58944°N 34.55139°E﻿ / 49.58944; 34.55139
Country|  Ukraine
Oblast|  Poltava Oblast
Established| March 7, 1923
Admin. center| Poltava
Subdivisions| 24 hromadas
Government

• Governor| Lidia Lepeyko
Area

• Total

| 10,844.2 km2 (4,187.0 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

• Total

| 582,391
• Density| 54/km2 (140/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, romanized: Poltavs'kyi raion) 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

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### Current

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After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 24 hromadas:[3]

* Bilyky settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Bilyky, transferred from Kobeliaky Raion;[5]
* Chutove settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Chutove, transferred from Chutove Raion;[6]
* Drabynivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Drabynivka, transferred from Novi Sanzhary Raion
* Dykanka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural 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 rural 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 rural 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 rural 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]

### Before 2020

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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.

## Geography

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The district is located in the eastern part of Poltava region, on the Dnieper Lowland, on the left bank of the Dnieper Valley. [13]The relief of the district is an undulating plain, cut by river valleys, ravines, and gullies.[14]

The climate of the district is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is −3.7 °C, in July it is +21.4 °C, the amount of precipitation is 480–580 mm/year, which falls mainly in the summer as rain.[15][14]

The landscapes are represented by forest-steppe.[14] Chernozems dominate the territory of the district.[16]

The Vorskla, Orchyk, and Psel rivers, left tributaries of the Dnieper, flow through the district. The river in the floodplain has many oxbow lakes and artificial lakes.[17][13]

Poltava Raion has reserves of clay, sapropel, bischofite, natural gas, potassium-magnesium salt. The district is located in the Eastern oil and gas region of Ukraine [18] In the Potava district, the bischofite deposits are the deepest in the world, mined from a depth of 2.5 km.[19]

The regional landscape parks "Dykansky" [uk] and "Nyzhnevorsk" [uk] are located in the Poltava region.[20]

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
3. ^ a b "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
4. ^ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
5. ^ a b "Кобеляцька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
6. ^ a b "Чутівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
7. ^ "Диканська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
8. ^ a b c "Карлівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
9. ^ a b "Котелевська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
10. ^ a b "Машівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
11. ^ "Полтавская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
12. ^ "Полтавська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
13. ^ a b "Полтавський район". maps.visicom.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
14. ^ a b c Заставний Ф. Д. Географія України. У 2-х кн. / Ред. M. П. Паpцeй. – Львів: Світ, 1994. – 472 с. Retrieved 29 June 2025
15. ^ "Географія Полтавщини-клімат". geo.pnpu.edu.ua. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
16. ^ "Ґрунтовий покрив". geo.pnpu.edu.ua. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
17. ^ Національний атлас України, с. 42 Retrieved 29 June 2025
18. ^ Національний атлас України, с. 114 Retrieved 29 June 2025
19. ^ "Неймовірний бішофіт – що це таке і з чим його "їдять"". Національна асоціація добувної промисловості України (in Ukrainian). 2023-02-17. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
20. ^ Grachev, A. "Природно-заповідний фонд України". pzf.land.kiev.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.

### Sources

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* Національний атлас України/НАН України, Інститут географії, Державна служба геодезії, картографії та кадастру; голов. ред. Л. Г. Руденко; голова ред. кол.Б.Є. Патон. — К.: ДНВП «Картографія», 2007. — 435 с. — 5 тис.прим. — ISBN 978-966-475-067-4.
* Географічна енциклопедія України : [у 3 т.] / редкол.: О. М. Маринич (відповід. ред.) та ін. — К., 1989—1993. — 33 000 екз. — ISBN 5-88500-015-8.

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Administrative divisions of Poltava Oblast

Administrative center: Poltava

Raions|

* Kremenchuk
* Lubny
* Myrhorod
* Poltava

Hromadas|

* Bilotserkivka
* Bilyky
* Chornukhy
* Chutove
* Drabynivka
* Dykanka
* Hadiach
* Hlobyne
* Hoholeve
* Horishni Plavni
* Hradyzk
* Hrebinka
* Kamiani Potoky
* Karlivka
* Khorol
* Kobeliaky
* Kolomatske
* Komyshnia
* Kotelva
* Kozelshchyna
* Krasna Luka
* Kremenchuk
* Lanna
* Liutenka
* Lokhvytsia
* Lubny
* Machukhy
* Martynivka
* Mashivka
* Mykhailivka
* Myrhorod
* Nekhvoroshcha
* Novo Haleshchyna
* Novi Sanzhary
* Novoorzhytske
* Novoselivka
* Obolon
* Omelnyk
* Opishnia
* Orzhytsia
* Petrivka-Romenska
* Pishchane
* Poltava
* Pryshyb
* Pyriatyn
* Reshetylivka
* Romodan
* Semenivka
* Sencha
* Serhiivka
* Shcherbani
* Shyshaky
* Skorokhodove
* Tereshky
* Velyka Bahachka
* Velyka Rublivka
* Velyki Budyshcha
* Velyki Sorochyntsi
* Zavodske
* Zinkiv

Cities|

* Hadiach
* Hlobyne
* Horishni Plavni
* Hrebinka
* Karlivka
* Khorol
* Kobeliaky
* Kremenchuk
* Lokhvytsia
* Lubny
* Myrhorod
* Poltava
* Pyriatyn
* Reshetylivka
* Zavodske
* Zinkiv

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