Dykanka Raion (; translit.: ''Dykans'kyi 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 A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

) in

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was par ...

in central

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. The raion's

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 urban-type settlement of Dykanka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Dykanka Raion was merged into

Poltava Raion Poltava Raion () is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Poltava. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Poltava ...

. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one

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 ...

Dykanka settlement hromada Dykanka () is a rural settlement in Poltava Raion of Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dykanka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: The settlement is located away from Poltava-Kyivska ...

with the administration in Dykanka. Important rivers within the Dykanka Raion included the

Vorskla The Vorskla (; ) is a river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine, where it joins the Dnieper. Geography The river's source is on the western slopes of the Central Russian Upland north of Belgorod. Wi ...

and the

Orzhytsia Orzhytsia (, ) is a rural settlement located in Lubny Raion of Poltava Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Orzhytsia, a right tributary of the Sula, a tributary of the Dnieper. Orzhytsia hosts the administration of Orzhytsia settlement hrom ...

rivers.

Settlements

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{{Authority control Former raions of Poltava Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform