Zinkiv Raion ( uk, Зіньківський район) 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
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) 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 ...
of central
Ukraine
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. 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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
was the town of
Zinkiv
Zinkiv (, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Zinkiv Raion. Population:
Gallery
File:Будинок (вул. Леніна, Зіньків).JPG, Modern architecture
Modern architecture, or mode ...
. The raion was abolished
and its territory was merged into
Poltava Raion
Poltava Raion ( uk, Полтавський район) is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Poltava. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Uk ...
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
References
Former raions of Poltava Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
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