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Dobropillia

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Country
  
Ukraine

Founded
  
1840s

Population
  
31,196

Area
  
13.9 km²

Oblast
  
Donetsk Oblast

Elevation
  
138 m (453 ft)

Climate
  
Dfb

Local time
  
Thursday 9:52 AM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind E at 24 km/h, 56% Humidity

Dobropillia (Ukrainian: Добропілля, Russian: ДобропольеDobropolye) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It also serves as the administrative center of the Dobropillia Raion, though it does not belong to the raion. Population: 31,196 (2013 est.); 35,638 (2001). Distance to Donetsk - 94 kilometres (58 mi).

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Map of Dobropillya, Donetska, Ukraine

On 13 June 2014, a civilian security guard was killed and two other civilians injured when rebel forces launched 26 grad rockets against a Ukrainian checkpoint in this town.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 71.3%
  • Russians: 25.9%
  • Belarusians: 1.1%
  • Tatars: 0.4%
  • Greeks: 0.2%
  • Language
  • Russian: 61.0%
  • Ukrainian: 38.5%
  • Belarusian: 0.1%
  • References

    Dobropillia Wikipedia