Vuhlehirsk

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Vuhlehirsk (Ukrainian: Вуглегірськ, Russian: Углегорск) is a city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 10,309 (2001).

Coordinates: 48°31′N 38°27′E / 48.517°N 38.450°E / 48.517; 38.450


Vuhlehirsk is a regional-level city in the Donetsk region, subordinated to Yenakiyeve city council of Yenakiyeve. Population is 8,226 (2011). The official date of foundation is 1879 – the year of opening the railway station Hatsepetivka (Vuhlehirsk was called village Hatsepetivka until 1958). Vuhlehirsk is located in the south-eastern part of Ukraine at the distance of 61 km from the regional centre of Donetsk and 750 km from the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.

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