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Lyman Raion, Donetsk Oblast


FieldValue
nameLyman Raion
native_nameЛиманський район
native_name_languk
settlement_typeRaion
flag_altFlag of Lyman Raion
shield_altCoat of arms of Lyman Raion
image_mapЛиманська громада.svg
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Donetsk Oblast
parts_typeSubdivisions
parts_stylecoll
p1— city councils
p2— settlement councils
p3— rural councils
p4Number of localities:
— cities
p5— urban-type settlements
p631 — villages
p7— rural settlements
established_titleEstablished
established_dateN/A
seat_typeAdmin. center
seatLyman
leader_titleGovernor
leader_title1Chairman
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km21,018
population_total21,881
population_density_km2auto
timezone1EET
utc_offset1+02:00
timezone1_DSTEEST
utc_offset1_DST+03:00
postal_code_typePostal index
postal_code873-XX
area_code_typeArea code
area_code380
websiteVerkhovna Rada website

— cities Lyman Raion (; ) was a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was Lyman, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the district. Its area was 1,018 km2 and its population was approximately .

In 2016, Lyman Raion was abolished and merged into Lyman municipality (Lyman urban hromada, formerly Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community).

History

Before 1917, the raion was part of the Kharkov Governorate.

Until May 2016, raion was known as Krasnyi Lyman Raion (). On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted a decision to rename Krasnyi Lyman Raion to Lyman Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin. Krasnyi Lyman was previously renamed to Lyman according to the same law.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

;Ethnicity

  • Ukrainians: 83.3%
  • Russians: 15%

Environment

The national nature park Svyati Hory is 404.48 km2 and it contains plant life from the region of the Seversky Donets River. The park contains over 1,008 different plants, almost 20% of them being endemic plants. Forty-six plants that grow here and 50 types of animals are entered into the Ukraine's Red Book of Rare Species. The fauna contains 43 types of mammals, 194 types of birds, 10 types of reptiles, 9 types of amphibians and 40 types of fish.

Another nature preserve is the Melova Flora. Known for its plant life, the preserve has an area of 11.34 km2.

References

References

  1. [http://atu.minregion.gov.ua/ua/article_page/9341753983901541 Decree on the establishment of the Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community] in website [[Ministry of Regional Development (Ukraine). Ministry of Regional Development]]
  2. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97_%D0%9E%D0%94%D0%90_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_14_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BD%D1%8F_2016_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83_%E2%84%96_588.pdf Description of Lyman Community in Perspective plan for the formation of community territories of Donets Oblast (new edition). Endorsed by decree of the governor of Donetsk Oblast.Page 5-6]
  3. [http://static.rada.gov.ua/zakon/new/NEWSAIT/ADM/d52.rtf - Scheme of Administrative Territorial Units of Donetsk Oblast]: towns of [[City of regional significance (Ukraine). City of regional significance]], page 5-7
  4. link. (19 May 2016). lb.ua
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