Polohy Raion

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]

Polohy Raion Пологівський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°30′2.29″N 36°22′52.95″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zaporizhzhia
Established	1923
Admin. center	Polohy
Subdivisions	15 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Yuriy Kovalenko
Area [1]
• 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

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]

Administrative divisions

Number of settlements 240. Number of cities ― 5 (Huliaipole, Molochansk, Orikhiv, Polohy, Tokmak). Zhmerynka Raion includes 15 territorial communities. The raion contains seventeen hromadas:^[6]

• Fedorivka rural hromada
• Huliaipole urban hromada
• Kamianka settlement hromada
• Komysh-Zoria settlement hromada
• Mala Tokmachka rural hromada
• Malynivka rural hromada
• Molochansk urban hromada
• Orikhiv urban hromada
• Polohy urban hromada
• Preobrazhenka rural hromada
• Rozivka settlement hromada
• Smyrnove rural hromada
• Tokmak urban hromada
• Voskresenka rural hromada
• Vozdvyzhivka rural hromada

Geography

Polohy Raion is located on the Dnieper Lowland and the Azov Upland. ^[7] The area of the district is 6 762.5 km².^[8]

Typical landscapes for Polohy Raion are steppes on chernozems. There are salt marshes. Steppe vegetation, due to plowing, has been preserved mainly on the slopes of river valleys and gullies. ^[9]

The left tributaries of the Dnieper flow through the Polohy Raion.^{[10] [7]}

The climate of the district is temperate continental with dry periods. ^[9] According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of the Polohy Raion is humid continental with warm summers (Dfb).^[11]

There are deposits of brown coal, clay, kaolinite, sand, manganese ores in the Polohy Raion.^[12]

Notable landmarks

The National Historical and Archaeological Reserve "Kamyana Mohyla" have been created in the Polohy Raion.^[13]

Transport

Polohy Raion is crossed by railways and highways. The largest transport hubs Tokmak and Polohy, through which roads pass in the direction of Zaporizhzhia. ^[14]

Bibliography

• Національний атлас України/НАН України, Інститут географії, Державна служба геодезії, картографії та кадастру; голов. ред. Л. Г. Руденко; голова ред. кол.Б.Є. Патон. — К.: ДНВП «Картографія», 2007. — 435 с. — 5 тис.прим. — ISBN 978-966-475-067-4.
• Географічна енциклопедія України : [у 3 т.] / редкол.: О. М. Маринич (відповід. ред.) та ін. — К., 1989—1993. — 33 000 екз. — ISBN 5-88500-015-8.