Volnovakha Raion

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Volnovas'kyi Raion
Волноваський район
Raion
Flag of Volnovas'kyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Volnovas'kyi Raion
Coat of arms
Volnovakha Rayon 2020.svg
Coordinates: 48°00′N 34°49′E / 48.000°N 34.817°E / 48.000; 34.817Coordinates: 48°00′N 34°49′E / 48.000°N 34.817°E / 48.000; 34.817
Country Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerVolnovakha[1][2]
Subdivisions8 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Nesterenko[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total4,449.1 km2 (1,717.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[5]
 • Total141,797
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
85700-84791
Area code+380 6244
Websitewww.volnovrda.gov.ua

Volnovakha Raion (Ukrainian: Волноваський район, Volnovas’kyi raion) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is located in the city of Volnovakha. Population: 141,797 (2021 est.)[5]

History[]

On 9 December 2014, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, changed the boundaries and total area of the Volnovakha Raion to encompass 2,549.44 km2 (984.34 sq mi) following the events surrounding the War in Donbass.[1] Subsequently, the Governor of Donetsk Oblast Oleksandr Kikhtenko adopted a resolution moving the administrative center of Novoazovsk Raion to the urban-type settlement of ; the administrative center of Telmanove Raion to the urban-type settlement of ; and the administrative center of Yasynuvata Raion to the urban-type settlement of .[2]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Volnovakha Raion was significantly expanded. [6][7] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 95,805 (2020 est.)[8]

Demographics[]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[9]

Ethnicity Number Proportion
Ukrainians 72,346 78.2%
Russians 15,128 16.4%
Greeks 2,959 3.2%
Belarusians 494 0.5%
Armenians 260 0.3%
Moldovans 248 0.3%

Localities[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 32-VIII: Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Донецької області, зміну і встановлення меж Волноваського, Новоазовського та Тельманівського районів Д��нецької області (On the changes in the administrative and territorial structure of Donetsk Oblast, changing and defining the boundaries of the Volnovakha, Novoazovsk and Telmanove Raions of Donetsk Oblast). Adopted on 11 December 2014. (Ukrainian)
  2. ^ a b "In the Donetsk Oblast three district centers removed from the territory seized by militants". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 8 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Chairman of the Raion State Administration". Official web-site (in Ukrainian). Volnovakha RDA. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atlas_novogo_atu_2020.pdf
  5. ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  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.
  8. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ "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.

External links[]

  • "Main". Official web-site (in Ukrainian). Volnovakha RDA. Retrieved 1 January 2015.


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