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Krasnodon Raion

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Country
  
Ukraine

Admin. center
  
Krasnodon

Postal index
  
94415—94493

Population
  
29,691 (2013)

Area code
  
6462

Established
  
1938

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
1,400 km²

Administrative center
  
Krasnodon

Region
  
Luhansk Oblast

Krasnodon Raion

Subdivisions
  
List   0 — city councils   5 — settlement councils 10 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   5 — urban-type settlements 47 — villages    — rural settlements

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.).

Contents

Map of Krasnodons'kyi district, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

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

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

Ethnicity
  • Russian: 51.7%
  • Ukrainian: 45.9%
  • Belarusians: 0.9%
    • Language
  • Russian 68.8%
  • Ukrainian 30.0%
  • Armenian 0.1%
  • Belarusian 0.1%

    • References

    Krasnodon Raion Wikipedia
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