Khorol, Poltava Oblast

Khorol
Хорол
City
Downtown Khorol
Downtown Khorol
Flag of Khorol
Flag
Coat of arms of Khorol
Coat of arms
Khorol is located in Poltava Oblast
Khorol
Khorol
Khorol is located in Ukraine
Khorol
Khorol
Coordinates: 49°46′N 33°16′E / 49.767°N 33.267°E / 49.767; 33.267
Country Ukraine
OblastPoltava Oblast
RaionLubny Raion
HromadaKhorol urban hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
12,540
Map

Khorol (Ukrainian: Хорол, pronounced [xoˈrɔɫ]) is a city in Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Khorol urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 12,540 (2022 estimate).[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Khorol was the administrative center of Khorol Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Khorol Raion was merged into Lubny Raion.[3][4]

Notable natives of Khorol include Ben-Zion Dinur and Aryeh Dvoretzky.

Name

The town is named after the Khorol River upon which it is situated.[citation needed]

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[5]

Language Percentage
Ukrainian 97.21%
Russian 2.63%
other/undecided 0.16%
  • Assumption Church in Khorol
    Assumption Church in Khorol
  • Railway station
    Railway station
  • M03 highway near Khorol
    M03 highway near Khorol
  • Khorol River
    Khorol River

References

  1. ^ "Хорольская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".