Markivka Raion

Markivka Raion (Ukrainian: Марківський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was an urban-type settlement of Markivka. 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 14,242 (2020 est.).[3]

Markivskyi Raion Марківський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1920
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Markivka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 8 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 33 — villages   0 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Oleksandr Gnedko
Area
• Total	1,166 km2 (450 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	14,242
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	92400—92444
Area code	+380 6464
Website	http://mar.loga.gov.ua

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[4] Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[5] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[6]