Polohy Raion
Polohy Raion (Ukrainian: Пологівський район) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Polohy. Population: 163,641 (2022 est.).[2]
Polohivskyi Raion
Пологівський район | |
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| Coordinates: 47°30′2.29″N 36°22′52.95″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Admin. center | Polohy |
| Subdivisions | 15 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Yuriy Kovalenko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,762.5 km2 (2,611.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 163,641 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 70600—70661 |
| Area code | +380 6165 |
The district was established in accordance with the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 807-IX of July 17, 2020. It included: urban hromadas: Tokmatska, Huliaipilska, Orikhivska, Polohivska, Molochanska and the following rural hromadas: Bilmatska, Komysh-Zoryanska, Rozivska settlements, Vozdvyzhivska, Malynivska, Smyrnovska, Malotokmachanska, Preobrazhenska, Voskresenska, Fedoralni territories.
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Polohy Raion was significantly expanded. [3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 38,636 (2020 est.).[5]
References
- https://www.zoda.gov.ua/files/WP_Article_File/original/000142/142760.pdf
- 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.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- 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.