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Okhtyrka Raion

Coordinates: 50°17′36.8082″N 34°44′54.0054″E / 50.293557833°N 34.748334833°E / 50.293557833; 34.748334833
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Okhtyrka Raion
Охтирський район
Flag of Okhtyrka Raion
Coat of arms of Okhtyrka Raion
Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Coordinates: 50°17′36.8082″N 34°44′54.0054″E / 50.293557833°N 34.748334833°E / 50.293557833; 34.748334833
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
Admin. centerOkhtyrka
Subdivisions9 hromadas
Area
 • Total
3,195.6 km2 (1,233.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
120,107
 • Density38/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttp://rda.okhtyrka.net/

Okhtyrka Raion (Ukrainian: Охтирський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Okhtyrka. Population: 120,107 (2022 estimate).[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Okhtyrka Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,234 (2020 est.).[4]

References

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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. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  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.