Starobilsk Raion
Starobilskyi Raion
Старобільський район | |
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Raion | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 49°14′59″N 38°55′10″E / 49.24972°N 38.91944°ECoordinates: 49°14′59″N 38°55′10″E / 49.24972°N 38.91944°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Luhansk Oblast |
| Established | 1938 |
| Admin. center | Starobilsk |
| Subdivisions | 8 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Sergiy Pogoriliy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,580 km2 (610 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 126,010 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 92700—92764 |
| Area code | +380 6461 |
| Website | http://stb.loga.gov.ua |
Starobilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Старобільський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Starobilsk. Population: 126,010 (2021 est.)[1]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government, and the area of Starobilsk Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 42,693 (2020 est.)[4]
Demographics[]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 87.8%
- Russians: 11%
- Belarusians: 0.3%
References[]
- ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ Дністрянський М. С. Етнопо��ітична географія України. Львів: Літопис, 2006, p. 465
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