Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion

Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion (Ukrainian: Станично-Луганський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska. 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 46,672 (2020 est.).[3]

Stanytchno-Luhanskyi Raion
Станично-Луганський район
Raion
Flag of Stanytchno-Luhanskyi Raion
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Coat of arms of Stanytchno-Luhanskyi Raion
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Coordinates: 48°49′3″N 39°31′38″E
Country Ukraine  Luhansk People's Republic
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerStanytsia Luhanska
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 16 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 41 — villages
  •   6 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorYuriy Gladkyh
Area
 • Total1,900 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 46,672
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
93600—93655
Area code+380 6472
Websitehttp://stn.loga.gov.ua

From 2014, some areas of the raion were not under control of the Ukrainian government were part of the Luhansk People's Republic.[4] They were later absorbed in other administrative units.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]

Ethnicity
  • Russians: 61.1%
  • Ukrainians: 36.5%
  • Belarusians: 0.6%
Language

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. "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.


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