Myrhorodskyi Raion

Myrhorods'kyi Raion Миргородський район
—  Raion  —
Location of Myrhorods'kyi Raion in Urkaine
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Established	July 3, 1923
Admin. center	Myrhorod
Government
– Governor
Area
– Total	1,540 km2 (594.6 sq mi)
Population
– Total	40,900
– Density	26.6/km2 (68.8/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index
Area code	380-
Website	www.obladmin.poltava.ua

Myrhorodskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Миргородський район; translit.: Myrhorods'kyi raion) is a raion (district) in the central Ukrainian province of Poltava. The raion's administrative center is the city of Myrhorod, which has a separate administrative status within the oblast'.

Important rivers within the Myrhorodskyi Raion include the Psel and Khorol rivers. The raion was officially founded on July 3, 1923, from the old raion of Lubny. The raion's boundaries, in its current form, exist form January 8, 1966.

An important village in the raion is Velyki Sorochyntsi, in which, since the 1960s, takes place the Sorochynski Fair. On April 1 [O.S. March 20] 1809, famous writer Nikolai Gogol was born in Velyki Sorochyntsi. His short story The Fair at Sorochintsï made the small village, and its fair, world-famous.

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

See also

• Subdivisions of Ukraine
• Poltava Oblast

External links

• (Ukrainian) Myrhorodskyi Raion - Poltava Oblast administration website