Popasna Raion
Popasnyanskyi Raion Попаснянський район | |||
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Coordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E / 48.69528°N 38.41833°ECoordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E / 48.69528°N 38.41833°E | |||
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Region | Luhansk Oblast | ||
Established | 1977 | ||
Admin. center | Popasna | ||
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Government | |||
• Governor | Stanislav Fironov | ||
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• Total | 1,325 km2 (512 sq mi) | ||
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Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | ||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | ||
Postal index | 93300—93354 | ||
Area code | +380 6474 | ||
Website | http://pps.loga.gov.ua |
Popasna Raion (Ukrainian: Попаснянський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center is the town of Popasna. Population: 40,696 (2013 est.)[1].
During the War in Donbass the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of the raion to the Luhansk People's Republic.[2][3]
On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of Chornukhyne was transferred to Popasna Raion from Perevalsk Raion, the urban-type settlement of Novotoshkivske from Kirovsk Municipality, and the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka from Pervomaisk Municipality.[4]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 81.1%
- Russians: 17.5%
- Belarusians: 0.5%
References
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ Head of Zolote in Donbas: Gray zone shrinks with liberated village, UNIAN (2 July 2018)
- ↑ "Без крыши над головой: как помогают, оставшимся без дома жителям Луганщины". tribun.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ↑ "Рада изменила границы районов Луганской области" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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