Myrhorodskyi Raion
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| Myrhorods'kyi Raion Миргородський район |
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| Country: | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast: | Poltava Oblast | ||
| Established: | July 3, 1923 | ||
| Area: | 1,540 km² | ||
| Population: — Total: — Density |
40,900 26.6 p/km² |
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| Area code: | -XXXX | ||
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| Center: | Myrhorod | ||
| Cities: | 0 | ||
| Towns: | 2 | ||
| Villages: | 98 | ||
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| Website: | www.obladmin.poltava.ua | ||
Myrhorodskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Миргородський район; translit.: Myrhorods'kyi raion) is a raion (district) in the central Ukrainian province of Poltava. The raion's administrative center is the city of Myrhorod, which is has a separate administrative status within the oblast'.
Important rivers within the Myrhorodskyi Raion include the Psel and Khorol rivers. The raion was officially founded on July 3, 1923, from the old raion of Lubny. The raion's boundaries, in its current form, exist form January 8, 1966.
An important village in the raion is Velyki Sorochyntsi, in which, since the 1960s, takes place the Sorochynski Fair. On April 1 [O.S. March 20] 1809, famous writer Nikolai Gogol was born in Velyki Sorochyntsi. His short story The Fair at Sorochintsï made the small village, and its fair, world-famous.
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[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian) Myrhorodskyi Raion - Poltava Oblast administration website
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