Krasnodon Raion

Krasnodonskyi Raion Краснодонський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°22′51″N 39°40′36″E / 48.38083°N 39.67667°ECoordinates: 48°22′51″N 39°40′36″E / 48.38083°N 39.67667°E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1938
Admin. center	Krasnodon
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   5 — settlement councils 10 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   5 — urban-type settlements 47 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Oleksandr Kravtsov
Area
• Total	100 km^2 (40 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	29,691
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	94415—94493
Area code	+380 6462
Website	http://kd.loga.gov.ua

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.)^[1].

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

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[3]

• Russian 68.8%
• Ukrainian 30.0%
• Armenian 0.1%
• Belarusian 0.1%

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 Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Retrieved 21 December 2015.