Krasnodon Raion

Krasnodonskyi Raion
Краснодонський район
Raion
Flag of Krasnodonskyi Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Krasnodonskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°22′51″N 39°40′36″E / 48.38083°N 39.67667°E / 48.38083; 39.67667Coordinates: 48°22′51″N 39°40′36″E / 48.38083°N 39.67667°E / 48.38083; 39.67667
Country  Ukraine
Region Luhansk Oblast
Established 1938
Admin. center Krasnodon
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Oleksandr Kravtsov
Area
 • Total 100 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 29,691
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index 94415—94493
Area code +380 6462
Website https://web.archive.org/web/20140223013950/http://kd.loga.gov.ua/

Krasnodon Raion (Ukrainian: Краснодонський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the city of Krasnodon, which is incorporated separately as the city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 29,691 (2013 est.)[1].

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[2]

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]

Ethnicity
  • Russian: 51.7%
  • Ukrainian: 45.9%
  • Belarusians: 0.9%
Language

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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