Derhachi Raion () was a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...
(
district
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) in
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...
of
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
. Its
administrative center
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
was the town of
Derhachi
Derhachi (, ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The town is northwest of the administrative center of the oblast, Kharkiv. The settlement was founded in the second half of the 17th century a ...
. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Derhachi Raion was merged into
Kharkiv Raion
Kharkiv Raion () is a raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the city of Kharkiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of rai ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was
Subdivisions
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s:
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Derhachi urban hromada with the administration in Derhachi;
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Mala Danylivka settlement hromada with the administration in the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...
of
Mala Danylivka;
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Solonytsivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Solonytsivka.
Border crossings
Auto
(
Crimea
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highway, ()): Hoptivka ( Гоптівка, Дергачівський район, Ха́рківська о́бласть (Харківщина)) – Nekhoteyevka,
Belgorodsky Raion,
Belgorodskaya Oblast( Нехотеевка, Белгородский райо́н, Белгоро́дская о́бласть)
Railway
Kozacha Lopan ( Козача Лопань, Дергачівський район, Ха́рківська о́бласть (Харківщина)) – Dolbino,
Belgorodsky Raion,
Belgorodskaya Oblast( Долбино, Белгородский райо́н, Белгоро́дская о́бласть)
See also
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Russia–Ukraine border
The Russia–Ukraine border is the international boundary between Russia and Ukraine. Over land, the border spans five Russian Oblast, oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts. Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in early 2014, the bo ...
References
Former raions of Kharkiv Oblast
Russia–Ukraine border crossings
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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