Donets, Ukraine

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Donets, Ukraine
Донець
Urban-type settlement
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Donets, Ukraine is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Donets, Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°30′30″N 36°34′16″E / 49.50833°N 36.57111°E / 49.50833; 36.57111Coordinates: 49°30′30″N 36°34′16″E / 49.50833°N 36.57111°E / 49.50833; 36.57111
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionIzium Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total8,680
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Donets (Ukrainian: Донець, Russian: Донец), until May 2016 Chervonyi Donets (Ukrainian: Червоний Донець, Russian: Червоный Донец), is an urban-type settlement in Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Donets hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 8,680 (2020 est.)[2]

Donets is located on the right bank of the Donets River.

History[]

Urban-type settlement since 1959.[citation needed]

In January 1989 the population was 9653 people.[3] In January 2013 the population was 8997 people.[4]

On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervonyi Donets to Donets conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Donets belonged to Balakliia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Balakliia Raion was merged into Izium Raion.[6][7]

Economy[]

Transportation[]

Donets has access (via a bridge) to the R78 Highway connecting Kharkiv and Balakliia, and is also connected by road with Pervomaiskyi.

References[]

  1. ^ "Донецка громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  4. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.97
  5. ^ "Парламентарии переименовали два района в Одесской области" (in Russian). Одесса-медиа. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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