Orzhytsia Raion

Orzhytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Оржицький район) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Orzhytsia. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Lubny Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 22,741 (2020 est.)^[3]

Orzhytsia Raion Оржицький район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°52′54.5556″N 32°39′6.8436″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Poltava Oblast
Established	7 March 1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Orzhytsia
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 50 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Grygoriy Rybachov
Area
• Total	1,000 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	22,741
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	37700—37752
Area code	+380-5357
Website	Official homepage

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.