Zinkiv 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 ...
of central
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 ...
. 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
Zinkiv
Zinkiv (, ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city on the Tashan River in the Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The city was previously the administrative center of the Zinkiv Raion until 2020, when it became part of the Poltava Raion. It hosts ...
. The raion was abolished
and its territory 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 ...
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
References
Former raions of Poltava Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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