Polohy Raion
Пологівський район | |
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Coordinates: 47°30′2.29″N 36°22′52.95″E / 47.5006361°N 36.3813750°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
Established | 1923 |
Admin. center | Polohy |
Subdivisions | 15 hromadas |
Government | |
• Governor | Yuriy Kovalenko |
Area | |
• Total | 6,762.5 km2 (2,611.0 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 163,641 |
• Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 70600—70661 |
Area code | +380 6165 |
Polohy Raion (Ukrainian: Пологівський район) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Polohy. Population: 163,641 (2022 estimate).[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Polohy Raion was significantly expanded.[3][4] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 38,636 (2020 est.).[5]