Lokhvytsia Raion

{{Short description|Former subdivision of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine}}

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| name = Lokhvytsia Raion

| native_name = Ло́хвицький райо́н

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Raion

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Poltava Oblast

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = coll

| p1 =    — city councils

| p2 =    — settlement councils

| p3 =  — rural councils

| p4 = Number of localities:
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| p5 =   {{nowrap| — urban-type settlements}}

| p6 = 83 — villages

| p7 =    — rural settlements

| established_title1 = Established

| established_date1 = 1971

| established_title2 = Disestablished

| established_date2 = 18 July 2020

| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Lokhvytsia

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| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Viktor Stchurov

| leader_title1 = Chairman

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 1,300

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| population_total = 40617

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| utc_offset1_DST = +03:00

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| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = +380

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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070303195501/http://www.obladmin.poltava.ua/lohv Official homepage]

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Lokhvytsia Raion ({{langx|uk|Ло́хвицький райо́н}}; translit.: Lóchvyc’kyj Rajón) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the city of Lokhvytsia. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Myrhorod Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} The last estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|40,617}}

An important river within the Lokhvytskyi Raion was the Sula River. The raion was established on 1971.

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:{{cite web |title=Лохвицька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Полтавская-область/Лохвицкий-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}

• Lokhvytsia urban hromada with the administration in Lokhvytsia;
• Sencha rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sencha;
• Zavodske urban hromada with the administration in the city of Zavodske.