Markivka Raion

Markivskyi Raion Марківський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°ECoordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1920
Admin. center	Markivka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 8 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 33 — villages   0 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Oleksandr Gnedko
Area
• Total	1,166 km^2 (450 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	15,747
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	92400—92444
Area code	+380 6464
Website	http://mar.loga.gov.ua

Markivka Raion (Ukrainian: Марківський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is an urban-type settlement of Markivka. Population: 15,747 (2013 est.)^[1].

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.^[2] Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.^[3] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.^[4]

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
3. Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014, OSCE (5 November 2014)
4. Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)