Bilovodsk Raion

Bilovodsk Raion (Ukrainian: Біловодський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Bilovodsk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 22,856 (2020 est.).[3]

Bilovodskyi Raion
Біловодський район
Raion
Flag of Bilovodskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Bilovodskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°11′33″N 39°35′32″E
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBilovodsk
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 13 — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 32 — villages
  •   0 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorPetro Samoylov
Area
 • Total1,597 km2 (617 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 22,856
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92800—92835
Area code+380 6466
Websitehttp://bv.loga.gov.ua

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[4]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 87.8%
  • Russians: 11.2%
  • Belarusians: 0.3%

References
  1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.


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