Sverdlovsk Raion

Sverdlovskyi Raion
Свердловський район
Raion
Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E / 47.94000; 39.64250Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E / 47.94000; 39.64250
Country  Ukraine
Region Luhansk Oblast
Established 1938
Admin. center Sverdlovsk
Subdivisions
Area
 • Total 1,132 km2 (437 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 12,039
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index 94820—94871
Area code +380 6434

Sverdlovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Свердловський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Sverdlovsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 12,039 (2013 est.)[1].

History

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

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[3]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 69.9%
  • Russians: 25.9%
  • Belarusians: 0.6%

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 Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ↑
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