Poltava Raion

Not to be confused with Poltavsky District.

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]

Poltava Raion Полтавський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°35′22″N 34°33′05″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

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

Current

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]

Before 2020

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.

References

1. 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. "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. "Кобеляцька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
6. "Чутівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
7. "Диканська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
8. "Карлівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
9. "Котелевська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
10. "Машівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
11. "Полтавская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
12. "Полтавська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.