Krasnolymanskyi Raion
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| Krasnolymans'kyi Raion Краснолиманський район |
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| General data | |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Oblast: | Donetsk Oblast |
| Established: | N/A |
| Population: | 24,781 |
| Area: | 1,018 km² |
| Density: | N/A p/km² |
| Area code: | 380-XXXX |
| Postal index: | 873-XX |
| Administrative subdivisions | |
| Center: | Amvrosiivka |
| Cities: | 0 |
| Towns: | 5 |
| Villages: | 31 |
| Official information | |
| Website: | Verkhovna Rada website |
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The Krasnolymanskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Краснолиманський район, translit.: Krasnolymans'kyi raion; Russian: Краснолиманский район, translit.: Krasnolimanskiy raion) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Krasniy Liman, but the city itself is not located within the raion. Its population is 24,781 and its area is 1,018 square kilometres.
Within the Krasnolymanskyi Raion there are: 5 urban-type settlements (Yampil, Kirovs'k, Dorobysheve, Novoselivka, and Yarova), 6 selsovets, and 46 settlements. Also included within the raion are: 5 sovhozy, 11 kolhozy, 7 industrial organisations, 35 schools, 31 libraries, and 2 movie theaters.
Before 1917, the raion was part of the Kharkov Guberniya.
[edit] Environment
The national nature park Svyatyye Hory is 404.48 km² and it contains plantlife 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 plantlife, the preserve has an area of 11.34 km².
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian) Verkhovna Rada website - Administrative divisions of the Krasnolymanskyi Raion
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