Velyka Novosilka Raion

Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion Великоновосілківський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°ECoordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Velyka Novosilka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 61 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 51 — villages   15 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Sergiy Dmitriev
Area
• Total	1,900 km^2 (700 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	41,364
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	85500-84583
Area code	+380 6243

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.)^[1].

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,^[2]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians	31,850	64.6%
Greeks	9,730	19.7%
Russians	6,568	13.3%
Belarusians	240	0.5%
Turks	168	0.3%

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області" [Ethnic and lingustic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.