Kharkiv Raion
Kharkiv Raion (Ukrainian: Харківський район) is a raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kharkiv. Population: 1,729,049 (2022 estimate).
Kharkiv Raion
Харківський район | |
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Raion | |
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Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 50°4′11.4666″N 36°16′46.959″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Admin. center | Kharkiv |
| Subdivisions | 15 hromadas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,222.5 km2 (1,244.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,729,049 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | khrda.gov.ua |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Kharkiv Raion was significantly expanded. One abolished raion, Derhachi, as well as Liubotyn Municipality, part of Nova Vodolaha Raion, and the city of Kharkiv, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kharkiv Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the population of the former Kharkiv Raion was 176,186 (2020 est.).
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