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
Raion
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Coordinates: 50°3′24.3576″N 33°39′40.752″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Poltava Oblast
Established	July 3, 1923
Admin. center	Myrhorod
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 98 — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,540 km2 (590 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	29,743
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380
Website	www.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.