# Sumy Raion
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{{short description|Subdivision of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sumy Raion
| other_name =
| native_name = Сумський район
| settlement_type = [Raion](/source/Raions_of_Ukraine)
| image_skyline =
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| image_caption =
| image_flag = Flag of Sumyskyj district.png
| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Sumy Raion.png
| image_map = File:Sumskiy rayon 2020.svg
| map_caption = Raion location in [Sumy Oblast](/source/Sumy_Oblast)
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| pushpin_label_position = right
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| coordinates = {{coord|51|1|32.8944|N|34|51|39.7152|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| subdivision_type1 = [Oblast](/source/Oblasts_of_Ukraine)
| subdivision_name1 = [Sumy Oblast](/source/Sumy_Oblast)
| seat_type = [Admin. center](/source/Capital_city)
| seat = [Sumy](/source/Sumy)
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts = 16 hromadas
| established_title =
| established_date =
| area_total_km2 = 6,503.7
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = [{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}][{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|61,836|.}}
thumb|Location of Sumy Raion prior to the 2020 administrative reforms
== Geographic characteristics ==
The area of the district is 6503.7 km2.[{{Cite web |last= |title=Децентралізація в Україн |url=https://decentralization.ua/newrayons/1391 |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=decentralization.ua}}] Sumy Raion is located on the slopes of the [Central Russian Upland](/source/Central_Russian_Upland).[Національний атлас України, с. 42 Retrieved 2025-06-28]
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +19 °C, in January -7.5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 650 to 700 mm, changing from west to east.[Національний атлас України, с. 167 Retrieved 2025-06-28][''[https://pgf.sspu.edu.ua/images/2021/11/30/monografiya_sum_obl_2021_1f89e.pdf Географія Сумської області: особливості природи, соціально-економічного розвитку та раціонального природокористування]:'' колективна монографія / За заг. ред. А. О. Корнуса. − Суми: СумДПУ імені А.С. Макаренка, 2021. − 212 с. Retrieved 2025-06-28]
[Psel](/source/Psel_(river)), left tributary of the [Dnipro](/source/Dnipro) flow through the Sumy Raion. The river in the floodplain has many [oxbow lakes](/source/Oxbow_lake) and [artificial lakes](/source/artificial_lakes).[{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |last4= |last5= |title=Сумський район |url=https://maps.visicom.ua/c/34.70718,50.73428,10/f/ADMUA5G7L?lang=uk |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=maps.visicom.ua |language=uk}}]
Sumy Raion is located in the forest-steppe natural zone. Among the trees in the forests, oaks, lindens, and maples dominate. Typical large mammals are elk, roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, beavers, hares and wolves.[Національний атлас України, с. 114 Retrieved 2025-06-28][{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-26 |title=Корисні копалини Сумської області |url=https://insgeo.com.ua/korysni-kopalyny-sumskoi-oblasti/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |language=uk}}]
=== Environmental protection activities ===
In the Sumy Raion, the [Michael's Virgin Land Nature Reserve](/source/Michael's_Virgin_Land_Nature_Reserve), the [Kyianytskyi Park](/source/Kyianytskyi_Park) is a monument of landscape architecture of national importance, the Banny Yar and Srednoseymsky nature reserves of national importance are located.[{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Природно-заповідний фонд України |url=https://pzf.land.kiev.ua/pzf-obl-18.html |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=pzf.land.kiev.ua |language=uk}}] Animals and plants listed in the [Red Book of Ukraine](/source/Red_Data_Book_of_Ukraine) that are found in the territory of the Sumy Raion: ''[Adonis vernalis](/source/Adonis_vernalis), [Pulsatilla patens](/source/Pulsatilla_patens), [Stipa capillata](/source/Stipa_capillata), [Greater blind mole-rat](/source/Greater_blind_mole-rat), [Great jerboa](/source/Great_jerboa).''[{{Cite web |title=Червона книга України. Рослини Сумської області, занесені до Червоної книги України |url=https://redbook-ua.org/plants/region/sumska |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=redbook-ua.org}}][{{Cite web |title=Червона книга України. Тварини Сумської області, занесені до Червоної книги України |url=https://redbook-ua.org/animals/region/sumska |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=redbook-ua.org}}][{{Cite web |title=Природний заповідник "Михайлівська цілина" |url=https://wownature.in.ua/parky-i-zapovidnyky/pryrodnyy-zapovidnyk-mykhaylivska-tsilyna-2/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=Природно-заповідний фонд України |language=uk}}] Among the rare bird species, there are the [gray magpie](/source/Great_grey_shrike), [Montagu's harrier](/source/Montagu's_harrier), [Common kestrel](/source/Common_kestrel), and [woodcock](/source/woodcock).