Lokhvytsia Raion

Lokhvytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Лохвицький район, romanized: Loxvyc'kyj rajon) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the city of Lokhvytsia. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Myrhorod Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 40,617 (2020 est.)^[3]

Country Ukraine

Admin. centerLokhvytsia

Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Area code+380

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Lokhvytsia Raion Лохвицький район
Raion
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Coordinates: 50°21′53.2146″N 33°19′1.6356″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Established	1971
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Lokhvytsia
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 83 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Viktor Stchurov
Area
• Total	1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	40,617
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380
Website	Official homepage

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An important river within the Lokhvytskyi Raion was the Sula River. The raion was established on 1971.

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:^[4]

• Lokhvytsia urban hromada with the administration in Lokhvytsia;
• Sencha rural hromada with the administration in the village of Sencha;
• Zavodske urban hromada with the administration in the city of Zavodske.