Sloviansk Raion

Sloviansk Raion (Ukrainian: Слов'янський район) was a district in the Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Sloviansk, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. Population: 45,917 (2020 est.)[1] .

Slovianskskyi Raion

Слов'янський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°54′56.5″N 37°43′18″E
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerSloviansk
Subdivisions
Government
 • GovernorPetro Belokonov
Area
 • Total1,274 km2 (492 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 45,917
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
84100-84196
Area code+380 6262

The district was abolished on 2020-07-18 for the next following local election.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[3]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians34,12187.1%
Russians4,11510.5%
Turks1970.5%
Belarusians1780.5%
Romani people1330.3%

2014 fighting

On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.[4]

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX#Text
  3. "Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області" [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
  4. "+Live updates on Ukraine's spreading unrest+". DW.DE. Retrieved 9 February 2015.


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