Okhtyrka Raion

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Okhtyrka Raion
Охтирський район
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Coat of Arms of Okhtyrka Raion.svg
Akhtyrskiy rayon 2020.svg
Raion location in Sumy Oblast
Coordinates: 50°17′36.8082″N34°44′54.0054″E / 50.293557833°N 34.748334833°E / 50.293557833; 34.748334833
Country Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Oblast Flag of Sumy Oblast.svg  Sumy Oblast
Admin. center Okhtyrka
Subdivisions 9 hromadas
Area
  Total
3,195.6 km2 (1,233.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [1]
  Total
120,107
  Density38/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website http://rda.okhtyrka.net/

Okhtyrka Raion (Ukrainian : Охтирський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Okhtyrka. Population: 120,107 (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 Okhtyrka Raion was significantly expanded. [2] [3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,234(2020 est.). [4]

In March 2024, after deadly Russian attacks, more than 180 people were evacuated from Velyka Pysarivka hromada in Okhtyrka Raion. [5]

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