Khorol (Ukrainian: Хорол, pronounced [xoˈrɔɫ]) is a city in Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Khorol urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 12,540 (2022 estimate).[2]
Khorol
Хорол | |
|---|---|
 Downtown Khorol | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Khorol  Khorol | |
| Coordinates: 49°46′N 33°16′E / 49.767°N 33.267°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Poltava Oblast |
| Raion | Lubny Raion |
| Hromada | Khorol urban hromada |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 12,540 |
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Until 18 July 2020, Khorol was the administrative center of Khorol Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Khorol Raion was merged into Lubny Raion.[3][4]
Notable natives of Khorol include Ben-Zion Dinur and Aryeh Dvoretzky.
Name
editThe town is named after the Khorol River upon which it is situated.[citation needed]
Population
editLanguage
editDistribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[5]
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 97.21% |
| Russian | 2.63% |
| other/undecided | 0.16% |
Gallery
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Assumption Church in Khorol -
Railway station -
M03 highway near Khorol -
Khorol River
References
edit- ^ "Хорольская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".