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Polohy Raion

Subdivision of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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.
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References

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