Dykanka Raion

Dykanka Raion (Ukrainian: Диканський район, romanized: Dykans'kyj rajon) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Dykanka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Dykanka Raion was merged into Poltava Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,118 (2020 est.)^[3]

Country Ukraine

Admin. centerDykanka

Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Area code+380

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Dykanka Raion Диканський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°49′6.8808″N 34°25′28.0446″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Established	7 March 1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Dykanka
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 58 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Lyubov Lelyuk
Area
• Total	679 km2 (262 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,118
• Density	26.7/km2 (69.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380
Website	Official homepage

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At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,^[4] Dykanka settlement hromada with the administration in Dykanka.

Important rivers within the Dykanka Raion included the Vorskla and the Orzhytsia rivers.