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Pokrovsk Raion
Subdivision of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Subdivision of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name | Pokrovsk Raion |
| native_name | Покровський район | |
| native_name_lang | uk | |
| settlement_type | Raion | |
| image_flag | Flag of Pokrovsk Raion, Ukraine.png | |
| flag_alt | Flag of Pokrovsk Raion | |
| image_shield | Coat of arms of Pokrovsk Raion, Ukraine.png | |
| shield_alt | Coat of arms of Pokrovsk Raion | |
| coordinates | ||
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Ukraine | |
| subdivision_type1 | Oblast | |
| subdivision_type2 | Raion | |
| subdivision_name1 | Donetsk Oblast | |
| parts_type | Subdivisions | |
| parts | 14 hromadas | |
| established_title | Established | |
| seat_type | Admin. center | |
| seat | Pokrovsk | |
| leader_title | Mayor | |
| leader_name | Ruslan Trebushkin | |
| unit_pref | Metric | |
| area_total_km2 | 4020 | |
| population_footnotes | ||
| population_total | 386451 | |
| population_as_of | 2022 | |
| population_density_km2 | auto | |
| timezone1 | EET | |
| utc_offset1 | +02:00 | |
| timezone1_DST | EEST | |
| utc_offset1_DST | +03:00 | |
| postal_code_type | Postal index | |
| postal_code | 853-XX | |
| area_code_type | Area code | |
| area_code | 380 | |
| mapframe | yes | |
| mapframe-zoom | 7 | |
| mapframe-wikidata | yes |
| mapframe-zoom = 7 | mapframe-wikidata = yes
Pokrovsk Raion (; ) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. It has an area of 1,316 km2 and its population is approximately
An architectural monument in the raion is the Petropavlovs'ka Church (1840 – village of Krasne), Church of the Birth of the Theotokos () (1799 – urban-type settlement of Novoekonomichne), and the Voznesens'ka Church (1893 – village of Novotroyits'ke). The composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) was born in Sontsivka.
Subdivisions
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 14 hromadas:
- Avdiivka urban hromada
- Bilozerske urban hromada
- Hrodivka settlement hromada
- Dobropillia urban hromada
- Kryvorizhzhia rural hromada
- Kurakhove urban hromada
- Marinka urban hromada
- Myrnohrad urban hromada
- Novohrodivka urban hromada
- Ocheretyne settlement hromada
- Pokrovsk urban hromada
- Selydove urban hromada
- Shakhove rural hromada
- Udachne settlement hromada
History
In May 2014, the raion requested a referendum for its absorption into the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, citing the instability in the Donetsk Oblast and order and stability in Dnipropetrovsk. Dnipropetrovsk governor Ihor Kolomoisky said that the oblast was willing to do so, assuming it was popular opinion in the raion.
On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Krasnoarmiisk Raion to Pokrovsk Raion and Krasnoarmiisk to Pokrovsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Pokrovsk Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Demographics
44 different nationalities live in Pokrovsk Raion. They include: Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Germans, Azerbaijanis, Crimean Tatars, Moldavians, Armenians, Greeks and others. As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:
| Population | Percentage, % |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 32,592 |
| Russian | 4,250 |
| Belarusian | 259 |
References
References
- Polishchuk, Oleh. (1 May 2014). "Коломойський задумав на Донбасі референдум про приєднання до Дніпропетровської області [Kolomoisky plans a referendum in Donbas on joining Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]".
- (21 May 2016). "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv". [[Holos Ukrainy]].
- (2020-07-18). "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.".
- "Нові райони: карти + склад". Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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