Khorol 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
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
Ukraine
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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 city of
Khorol. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Lubny Raion
Lubny Raion () is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Lubny. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Poltava Obla ...
on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four.
The last estimate of the raion population was
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one
hromada
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s,
with the administration in Khorol.
Gallery
Trinity Church, Vyshniaky.JPG, Trinity Church in Vyshniaky, Khorol district
Vyshniaky.JPG, Old buildings in Vyshniaky, Khorol district
References
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Former raions of Poltava Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform