Myrhorodskyi Raion

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

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