Velyka Novosilka Raion
Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion
Великоновосілківський район | |
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| Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°ECoordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Donetsk Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Velyka Novosilka |
| Subdivisions | show
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Sergiy Dmitriev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,900 km2 (700 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  37,144 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 85500-84583 |
| Area code | +380 6243 |
Velyka Novosilka Raion (Ukrainian: Великоновосілківський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 37,144 (2020 est.)[3].
On 15 May 2014 (during the early phase of the War in Donbass) the Donbas Battalion secured the town from the pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic.[4] According to (the then commander the Donbas Battalion) Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."[4]
Localities[]
Demographics[]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[5]
| Ethnicity | ||
| Ukrainians | 31,850 | 64.6% |
| Greeks | 9,730 | 19.7% |
| Russians | 6,568 | 13.3% |
| Belarusians | 240 | 0.5% |
| Turks | 168 | 0.3% |
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b (in Ukrainian) Velyka Novosilka Raion Donetsk liberated from terrorists and flag DNR, TSN (15 May 2014)
- ^ Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
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