Myrhorod Raion

Myrhorod Raion (Ukrainian: Миргородський район; translit.: Myrhorods'kyi raion) is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Myrhorod, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 29,743(2020 est.)[1]

Myrhorod Raion

Миргородський район
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Coordinates: 50°3′24.3576″N 33°39′40.752″E
Country Ukraine
RegionPoltava Oblast
EstablishedJuly 3, 1923
Admin. centerMyrhorod
Subdivisions
Area
  Total1,540 km2 (590 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total29,743
  Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380
Websitewww.obladmin.poltava.ua

Important rivers within the Myrhorodskyi Raion include the Psel and the Khorol. The raion was established on July 3, 1923, by splitting off Lubny Raion. The raion's current boundaries were established on January 8, 1966.

An important village in the raion is Velyki Sorochyntsi, where the Sorochyntsi Fair has been held since the 1960s. On April 1 [O.S. March 20] 1809, writer Nikolai Gogol was born in Velyki Sorochyntsi. His short story "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" takes place in Velyki Sorochyntsi.

Settlements

  • Bakumivka
  • Bilyky
  • Velyki Obukhivka
  • Velyki Bairak
  • Velyki Sorochyntsi
  • Verkhnya Budakivka
  • Harkushyntsi
  • Hasenky
  • Dibrivka
  • Yerky
  • Zelenyi Kut
  • Zubriv
  • Zuiivtsi
  • Kybyntsi
  • Klyushnykivka
  • Komyshnya
  • Maltsi
  • Mali Sorochyntsi
  • Myrhorod
  • Ostapivka
  • Panasivka
  • Petrivtsi
  • Polyvyane
  • Popivka
  • Romodan
  • Savyntsi
  • Slobidka
  • Solontsi
  • Khomutets
  • Cherevky
  • Cherkaschany
  • Sharkivschyna
  • Shakhvorostivka
  • Shulhy
  • Yarmaky

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