Polohy Raion () is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is the town of Polohy. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Polohy Raion was significantly expanded by absorbing the Orikhiv, Huliaipole, Tokmak, Chernihivka and Rozivka Raions as well as the city of Polohy, which was previously incorporated as a city of Oblast significance. Retrieved 29 June 2025 The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the raion has been occupied by Russia.
Administrative divisions 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.Національний атлас України, с. 42 Retrieved 2025-06-29 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.Запорізька область: природа, історія: ілюстрована енциклопедія. — Запоріжжя: Дике Поле, 2004. — 248 с. — Retrieved 29 June 2025
The left tributaries of the Dnieper flow through the Polohy Raion.
The climate of the district is temperate continental with dry periods. According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of the Polohy Raion is humid continental with warm summers (Dfb).
There are deposits of brown coal, clay, kaolinite, sand, manganese ores in the Polohy Raion.Національний атлас України, с. 127 Retrieved 29 June 2025
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.Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України від 30 січня 2019 року № 55 «Про затвердження переліку автомобільних доріг загального користування державного значення» Retrieved 29 June 2025
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