Borova Raion

Borova Raion
Борівський район
Flag of Borova Raion
Coat of arms of Borova Raion
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°21′10.9542″N 37°41′5.19″E / 49.353042833°N 37.6847750°E / 49.353042833; 37.6847750
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBorova
Area
 • Total
875.3 km2 (338.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
15,972
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Borova Raion (Ukrainian: Борівський район) was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Borova. 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 Borova Raion was merged into Izium Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 15,972 (2020 est.)[3]

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada,[4] Borova settlement hromada with the administration in Borova.

Geography

The main rivers of the raion were the Oskil River and 8 more rivers. Borova Raion bordered with Kupiansk Raion in the north, with Svatove and Kreminna Raions of Luhansk Oblast in the east, Lyman Raion, Donetsk Oblast in the south, and Izium Raion in the west.

Localities

References

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Борівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.