Sumy Raion | |
Native Name: | Сумський район |
Settlement Type: | Raion |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 51.0258°N 34.861°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Sumy Oblast |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Seat: | Sumy |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts: | 16 hromadas |
Area Total Km2: | 6,499.4 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 434316 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Website: | http://sumy-region.gov.ua/ |
Sumy Raion (Ukrainian: Сумський район) is a raion (district) in Sumy Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which was formerly administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance until 2020. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Sumy Raion was significantly expanded.[1] [2] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was