Okhtyrka Raion

Subdivision of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Raion in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Okhtyrka Raion Охтирський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Coordinates: 50°17′36.8082″N 34°44′54.0054″E / 50.293557833°N 34.748334833°E / 50.293557833; 34.748334833
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy Oblast
Admin. center	Okhtyrka
Subdivisions	9 hromadas
Area
• Total	3,195.6 km² (1,233.8 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	120,107
• Density	38/km² (97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://rda.okhtyrka.net/

Okhtyrka Raion (Ukrainian: Охтирський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Okhtyrka. Population: 120,107 (2022 estimate).^[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Okhtyrka Raion was significantly expanded. ^[2]^[3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,234 (2020 est.).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.