Yasynuvata Raion

Yasynuvatskyi Raion
Ясинуватський район
Raion
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Coat of arms of Yasynuvatskyi Raion
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Coordinates: 47°14′46.5″N 37°36′55.5″E / 47.246250°N 37.615417°ECoordinates: 47°14′46.5″N 37°36′55.5″E / 47.246250°N 37.615417°E
Country  Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
Admin. center Yasynuvata (de jure)
Ocheretyne (de facto)[1][2]
Subdivisions
Government
  Governor Dmytro Dyzchenko
Area
  Total 809 km2 (312 sq mi)
Population (2013)
  Total Decrease 27,845
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 86000-86092
Area code +380 6236

Yasynuvata Raion (Ukrainian: Ясинуватський район, Yasynuvats’kyi raion) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the city of Yasynuvata, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the districts jurisdiction. Population: 27,845(2013 est.)[3]

History

On 9 December 2014, following the events surrounding the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, moved Yasynuvats’kyi district's administration buildings and government to вул. Першотравнева 12, (English: 12 May Day Street) in Ocheretyne urban-type settlement, which is near H20 about 35 km northnorthwest of Donetsk.[1][2]

Demographics

National composition of the population in the district according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[4]

Ethnicity Number Percent
Ukrainians21 00969,3
Russians8 29527,4
Belarusians3001,0

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