Bakhmut Raion

Bakhmut Raion (Ukrainian: Бахмутський район, romanized: Bakhmutskyi raion) is a raion (district) within the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bakhmut. Its area is 1,687 square kilometres (651 sq mi), and its population is approximately 220,275 (2022 estimate).[2]

Bakhmut Raion
Бахмутський район
Raion
Flag of Bakhmut Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Bakhmut Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°51′17.1858″N 38°6′15.4584″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Established1923
Current formJuly 2020
Admin. centerBakhmut
Subdivisions7 hromadas
Area
[1]
 • Total1,747.6 km2 (674.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total220,275
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
N/A
Area code380
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Created in 1923, it was known as Artemivsk Raion from 1924 to 2016 after its administrative center, named in honor of the Soviet figure Comrade Artyom. Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, three smaller municipalities were transferred away from Yenakiieve municipality and transferred to Bakhmut Raion (at that time Artemivsk Raion), among which are Vuhlehirsk municipality, Olkhovatka municipality, and Bulavynske municipality. On 4 February 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed raion to Bakhmut Raion under de-communization reforms.[3]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Bakhmut Raion was significantly expanded. [4][5] Vuhlehirsk was transferred to Horlivka Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 105,040 (2020 est.).[6]

Within Bakhmut Raion there are five cities (Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Siversk, Soledar, and Svitlodarsk), and eight urban-type settlements.

The city is the site of an ongoing battle, the Battle of Bakhmut, as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War.[7]

Subdivisions

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 7 hromadas:[5]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[8]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 78.7%
  • Russians: 18.4%
  • Belarusians: 0.7%
  • Turks: 0.6%
  • Armenians: 0.2%

See also

References
  1. Ostapenko, Pavlo (Павло Остапенко), ed. (2020). Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian) (2nd ed.). Київ: Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. Рада декомунізувала Артемівськ та ще більше ста міст і сіл [Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages]. Українська правда (in Ukrainian). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  4. Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. Нові райони: карти + склад. Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  6. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  7. Kaonga, Gerrard (2022-12-05). "Russia losing 100 soldiers a day in bloody battle for Bakhmut, report". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  8. Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області: Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах. Головне управління статистики у Донецькій області (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2017-07-14.


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