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Sumy Raion

Coordinates: 51°1′32.8944″N 34°51′39.7152″E / 51.025804000°N 34.861032000°E / 51.025804000; 34.861032000
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Sumy Raion
Сумський район
Flag of Sumy Raion
Coat of arms of Sumy Raion
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
 • Total6,499.4 km2 (2,509.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total434,316
 • 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

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  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.