Kozelshchyna Raion ( uk, Козельщинський район;
translit.: ''Kozelshchynskyi raion'') was a
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
(
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
) in
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...
in central
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. The raion's
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
was the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of
Kozelshchyna
Kozelschyna ( uk, Козельщина) is an urban-type settlement in Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located 77 km from Poltava. It formerly served as the administrative center of Kozelshchyna Raion, but is now administrated with ...
. The other urban-type settlement in the raion was
Nova Haleshchyna ( uk, Нова Галещина). The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Kremenchuk Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four.
The last estimate of the raion population was
Important rivers within the Kozelshchyna Raion include the
Psel.
Settlements
References
External links
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Kozelshchyna Raionofficial website
Former raions of Poltava Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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