Berestyn Raion
Berestyn Raion
Берестинський район | |
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Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°23′45.0636″N 35°31′7.464″E / 49.395851000°N 35.51874000°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Admin. center | Berestyn |
| Subdivisions | 6 hromadas |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,334.2 km2 (1,673.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 103,856 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Berestyn Raion (Ukrainian: Берестинський район), formerly known as Krasnohrad Raion (Ukrainian: Красноградський район) is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Berestyn. Population: 103,856 (2022 estimate).
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Krasnohrad Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Kehychivka, Sakhnovshchyna, and Zachepylivka Raions, as well as part of Nova Vodolaha Raion, were merged into Krasnohrad Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 43,034 (2020 est.).
On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Krasnohrad Raion to Berestyn Raion.