Okhtyrka_Raion
Okhtyrka Raion
Subdivision of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
Okhtyrka Raion (Ukrainian: Охтирський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Okhtyrka. Population: 120,107 (2022 estimate).[1]
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 Okhtyrka Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,234 (2020 est.).[4]