Sumy Raion

Sumy Raion
Сумський район
Raion
Flag of Sumy Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Sumy Raion
Coat of arms
Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Coordinates: 51°1′32.8944″N 34°51′39.7152″E / 51.025804000°N 34.861032000°E / 51.025804000; 34.861032000
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
Admin. centerSumy
Subdivisions16 hromadas
Area
 • Total
6,499.4 km2 (2,509.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
434,316
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttp://sumy-region.gov.ua/

Sumy Raion (Ukrainian: Сумський район) is a raion (district) in Sumy Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which was formerly administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance until 2020. Population: 434,316 (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 Sumy Raion was significantly expanded.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 61,836 (2020 est.).[4]

Location of Sumy Raion prior to the 2020 administrative reforms

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ^ 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.


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