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Nizhyn Raion

Nizhyn Raion (Ukrainian: Ніжинський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Nizhyn. The area of Nizhyn Raion is located within the Dnieper Lowland, in Polissya. The leading sectors of the Nizhyn Raion economy are agriculture, food industry, and forestry. Population: 215,908 (2022 estimate).

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Nizhyn Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Bakhmach, Bobrovytsia, Borzna, and Nosivka Raions, as well as the city of Nizhyn, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Nizhyn Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,716 (2020 est.).

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 17 hromadas:

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas:

Nizhyn Raion is located in the southern and central-eastern part of Chernihiv region. It borders Pryluky and Chernihiv Raions of Chernihiv Oblast and Sumy and Kyiv Oblasts.The distance to the regional center by railway is 87 km, by highways 90 km.

The area of Nizhyn Raion is located within the Dnieper Lowland. The relief of the district's surface is a lowland plain, in places dissected by river valleys. All rivers belong to the Dnieper basin. Nizhyn Raion is located on the watershed of the Sula and Desna rivers. The largest river in the district is Oster (a left tributary of the Desna) and the Seym (left tributary of the Desna). In the floodplains of the rivers there are oxbow lake forests and lowland swamps.

The climate of Nizhyn Raion is moderately continental, with warm summers and relatively mild winters. The average temperature in January is about -7°C, and in July - +19°C. The average annual precipitation ranges from 550 to 660 mm, with the highest amount of precipitation in the summer period.

The soil cover of the district is dominated by chernozem and swamps soils. Nizhyn Raion is located in the natural zone of the forest steppe, in Polissya. The main species in the forests are oak, alder, ash, and birch. Minerals raion: peat, sand, clay.

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raion in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine (established in 2020)
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