Polohy Raion

Polohy Raion is one of the five raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Polohy. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Polohy Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Administrative divisions

Number of settlements 240. Number of cities ― 5. Zhmerynka Raion includes 15 territorial communities. The raion contains seventeen hromadas:

Polohy Raion is located on the Dnieper Lowland and the Azov Upland. The area of the district is 6 762.5 km².
Typical landscapes for Polohy Raion are steppes on chernozems. There are salt marshes. Steppe vegetation, due to plowing, has been preserved mainly on the slopes of river valleys and gullies.
The left tributaries of the Dnieper flow through the Polohy Raion.
The climate of the district is temperate continental with dry periods. According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of the Polohy Raion is humid continental with warm summers.
There are deposits of brown coal, clay, kaolinite, sand, manganese ores in the Polohy Raion.

The National Historical and Archaeological Reserve "Kamyana Mohyla" have been created in the Polohy Raion.

Polohy Raion is crossed by railways and highways. The largest transport hubs Tokmak and Polohy, through which roads pass in the direction of Zaporizhzhia.