Izium Raion ( Ukrainian : Ізюмський район , romanized : Iziumskyi raion ) is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine . Its administrative center is the city of Izium . Population: 172,120 (2022 estimate).
3-453: 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 Izium Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions – Balakliia , Barvinkove , and Borova Raions – and the city of Izium, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Izium Raion. The pre-reform January 2020 estimate of
6-515: The raion population was 16,416 (2020 est.). After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8 hromadas : Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas: Balakliia Raion Balakliia Raion ( Ukrainian : Балаклійський район ) was the largest raion ( district ) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine . The area of the raion was 1,986.4 km , corresponding to 6.3% of
9-417: The total territory of Kharkiv Oblast . Its administrative center was the town of Balakliia . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Balakliia Raion was merged into Izium Raion . The last estimate of the raion population was 78,337 (2020 est.) At the time of disestablishment,
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