Postal index 85500-84583 Population 41,364 (2013) Area code 6243 | Established 1923 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 1,900 km² | |
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Subdivisions List 0 — city councils 1 — settlement councils61 — rural councilsNumber of localities: 0 — cities 1 — urban-type settlements51 — villages 15 — rural settlements | ||
Velyka Novosilka Raion (Ukrainian: Великоновосілківський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. Population: 41,364 (2013 est.).
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Map of Velykonovosilkivs'kyi district, Donetska, Ukraine
On 15 May 2014 (during the early phase of the War in Donbass) the Donbass Battalion secured the town from the pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic. According to (the then commander the Donbass Battalion) Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,
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