Polohy Raion

Number of settlements 240. Number of cities ― 5 (Huliaipole, Molochansk, Orikhiv, Polohy, Tokmak). Zhmerynka Raion includes 15 territorial communities. The raion contains seventeen hromadas: • Fedorivka rural hromada • Huliaipole urban hromada • Kamianka settlement hromada • Komysh-Zoria settlement hromada • Mala Tokmachka rural hromada • Malynivka rural hromada • Molochansk urban hromada • Orikhiv urban hromada • Polohy urban hromada • Preobrazhenka rural hromada • Rozivka settlement hromada • Smyrnove rural hromada • Tokmak urban hromada • Voskresenka rural hromada • Vozdvyzhivka rural hromada ==Geography==

Polohy Raion is located on the Dnieper Lowland and the Azov Upland. The area of the district is 6 762.5 km2. Typical landscapes for Polohy Raion are steppes on chernozems. There are salt marshes. Steppe vegetation, due to plowing, has been preserved mainly on the slopes of river valleys and gullies. The left tributaries of the Dnieper flow through the Polohy Raion. There are deposits of brown coal, clay, kaolinite, sand, manganese ores in the Polohy Raion. == Notable landmarks ==

The National Historical and Archaeological Reserve "Kamyana Mohyla" have been created in the Polohy Raion. == Transport ==

Polohy Raion is crossed by railways and highways. The largest transport hubs Tokmak and Polohy, through which roads pass in the direction of Zaporizhzhia. == Bibliography ==