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Khorol, Poltava Oblast
City in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Khorol (Ukrainian: Хорол, pronounced [xoˈrɔl]) 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]
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Name
The town is named after the Khorol River upon which it is situated.[5]
Geography
The Hrebinka is the center of the Hrebinka urban hromada is the northwest of the Lubny Raion. The distance from Hrebinka to the regional center is 190 kilometers, and to Kyiv - 156 km.[5] The Hrebinka is located on the left bank of the Dnieper River. The city is located in the Dnieper lowland
The city of Khorol is located in the southern part of the Lubny Raion. The city is located on the Dnieper lowland, on the banks of the Rudka River, a tributary of the Khorol River. The villages of Vyshnyaki and Lisyanshchyna are located near the city. The city of Khorol is located in the forest steppe nature zone. There is a forests near the city.[6][7]
The climate of the Khorol is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is −3.7 °C, in July it is +21.4 °C, the amount of precipitation is 480–580 mm/year, which falls mainly in the summer as rain.[6][5]
Minerals of the Khorol territory: clay, sand.[7]
The Kyiv-Kharkiv national highway (M-03) passes near Khorol. Interregional highways and a railway running in the Kyiv- Kremenchuk direction pass through the city.[8][9]
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Population
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[10]
Notable people
Notable natives of Khorol include Ben-Zion Dinur.[11]
Gallery
Assumption Church in Khorol
Railway station
M03 highway near Khorol
Khorol River
References
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