Sumy Raion
raion in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine (established in 2020)
Sumy Raion (Ukrainian: Сумський район, romanized: Sumskyi raion) is a raion (district) in Sumy Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which was formerly administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance until 2020. Population: 434,316 (2022 estimate).
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 Sumy Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 61,836 (2020 est.).
Geographic characteristics
The area of the district is 6503.7 km2. Sumy Raion is located on the slopes of the Central Russian Upland.
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +19 °C, in January -7.5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain.
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