Starobesheve Raion

Starobesheve Raion (Ukrainian: Старобешівський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight.[1][2] However, since 2014 the raion was not under control of Ukrainian government and has been part of the Donetsk People's Republic which continues using it as an administrative unit.[3] The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Starobesheve. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 49,313 (2020 est.).[4]

Starobeshivskyi Raion
Старобешівський район
Raion
Flag of Starobeshivskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Starobeshivskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°45′12″N 38°1′54″E
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerStarobesheve
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 11 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 48 — villages
  •   9 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVasyl′ Pan′ko
Area
 • Total1,282 km2 (495 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 49,313
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
87200—87272
Area code+380 6253

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians29,17052.1%
Russians17,76131.7%
Greeks7,49113.4%
Belarusians3970.7%
Azerbaijanis2410.4%
Germans1710.3%
Armenians1220.2%

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. "Мероприятия, запланированные на 2020 год в сферах жилищно-коммунального хозяйства и строительства" (in Russian). Donetsk People's Republic.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  5. Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.


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