Perevalsk Raion

Perevalskyi Raion Перевальський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°23′29″N 38°40′27″E / 48.39139°N 38.67417°E / 48.39139; 38.67417Coordinates: 48°23′29″N 38°40′27″E / 48.39139°N 38.67417°E / 48.39139; 38.67417
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1965
Admin. center	Perevalsk
Subdivisions	List   3 — city councils   9 — settlement councils 4 — rural councils Number of localities:   3 — cities   9 — urban-type settlements 16 — villages   10 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Igor Butenko
Area
• Total	806.8 km2 (311.5 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	71,686
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	94300—94344
Area code	+380 6441
Website	http://prv.loga.gov.ua

Perevalsk Raion (Ukrainian: Перевальський район) is a raion (district) in the eastern Ukrainian province of Luhansk. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Perevalsk. Population: 71,686 (2013 est.)^[1].

History

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.^[2] On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of Chornukhyne was transferred from Perevalsk Raion to Popasna Raion.^[3] The list below contains LNR-controlled areas as well.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:^[4]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 56.7%
• Russians: 40.6%
• Belarusians: 1.1%

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