Berestyn Raion

Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 hromadas: • Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in the village of Natalyne, retained from Krasnohrad Raion; • Sakhnovshchyna settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Sakhnovshchyna, transferred from Sakhnovshchyna Raion; • Starovirivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Starovirivka, transferred from Nova Vodolaha Raion. • Zachepylivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Zachepylivka, transferred from Zachepylivka Raion. Before 2020 Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas: • Krasnohrad urban hromada with the administration in Krasnohrad; • Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in Natalyne. == Geography ==

The territory of the Berestyn raion is located on the Poltava Plain and Dnieper Lowland, within the forest steppe natural zone. The relief of the district is an undulating plain with ravines and gullies. The climate of the raion is temperate continental with cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is +7.3 °C (in January -5.1, in July +19,7). The average annual rainfall is 520 mm. The highest rainfall occurs in the summer. There are large forest areas (pine and deciduous trees) on the territory of the raion. The soils of the community are chernozems and meadow soils. ==References==