Krasnyi Lyman Raion

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Krasnyi Lyman Raion
Краснолиманський район
Raion
Country  Ukraine
Province Donetsk Oblast
Established N/A
Admin. center Krasnyi Lyman
Subdivisions
Area
 • Total 1,018 km2 (393 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 24,781
 • Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 873-XX
Area code 380
Website Verkhovna Rada website

The Krasnyi Lyman 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 Krasnyi Lyman, 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.

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.

See also

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