Sloviansk Raion

Coordinates: 48°54′56.5″N 37°43′18″E / 48.915694°N 37.72167°E / 48.915694; 37.72167
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Slovianskskyi Raion
Слов'янський район
Flag of Slovianskskyi Raion
Coat of arms of Slovianskskyi Raion
Coordinates: 48°54′56.5″N 37°43′18″E / 48.915694°N 37.72167°E / 48.915694; 37.72167
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerSloviansk
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •   4 — settlement councils
  • 12 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •   4 — urban-type settlements
  • 40 — villages
  •   2 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorPetro Belokonov
Area
 • Total1,274 km2 (492 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 45,917
Postal index
84100-84196
Area code+380 6262

Sloviansk Raion (Ukrainian: Слов'янський район) was a raion of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Sloviansk, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to 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, of which only five were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 45,917 (2020 est.).[3]

Demographics

According to the

2001 Ukrainian Census:[4]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians 34,121 87.1%
Russians 4,115 10.5%
Turks 197 0.5%
Belarusians 178 0.5%
Romani people 133 0.3%

2014 fighting

On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "+Live updates on Ukraine's spreading unrest+". DW.DE. Retrieved 9 February 2015.