Shakhtarsk Raion
Shakhtarskyi Raion
Шахтарський район | |
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| Coordinates: 48°0′23″N 38°28′46.3″E / 48.00639°N 38.479528°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Donetsk Oblast |
| Established | 1965 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Shakhtarsk |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Dmytro Konakov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,100 km2 (400 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  18,878 |
Postal index | 86200-86263 |
| Area code | +380 6255 |
Shakhtarsk Raion (Ukrainian: Шахтарський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the city of Shakhtarsk, which was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and was not part of the raion. 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.[1][2] However the raion has not been under control of the Ukrainian government since 2014, and has been part of the Donetsk People's Republic which in 2015 abolished it and subordinated to the city of Shakhtarsk.[3] The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 18,878 (2020 est.).[4]
Location
Shakhtarsk Raion was located in the eastern part of
To the south is
War in Donbas
Shakhtarsk Raion had one international border crossing with the
During the
The Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, remnants of which scattered around the village of Hrabove, went down within the area of the raion.
On August 10–11, 2014 Ukrainian media claimed that the village of Stepanivka was completely destroyed by
Demographics
As of the
| Ethnicity | ||
| Ukrainians | 18,042 | 74.4% |
| Russians | 5,663 | 23.3% |
| Belarusians | 249 | 1.0% |
| Language | |
| Ukrainian | 53.36% |
| Russian | 46.25% |
| Belarusian | 0.12% |
| Armenian | 0.06% |
Localities
- Zakharchenko[8]
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. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "История города Шахтерска" (in Russian). City administration of Shakhtyorsk.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Russian "Grads" completely destroyed Ukrainian village in Donetsk region". August 11, 2014. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
- ^ "Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області" [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
- ^ Зарощенское (in Russian). Donpatriot.ru. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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