Starobilsk Raion
Starobilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Старобільський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Starobilsk. Population: 123,833 (2022 estimate).[1]
Starobilskyi Raion
Старобільський район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°14′59″N 38°55′10″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Established | 1938 |
| Admin. center | Starobilsk |
| Subdivisions | 8 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Volodymyr Cherevatyi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,930.6 km2 (2,675.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 123,833 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 92700—92764 |
| Area code | +380 6461 |
| Website | http://stb.loga.gov.ua |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government, and the area of Starobilsk Raion was significantly expanded.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 42,693 (2020 est.).[4]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 87.8%
- Russians: 11%
- Belarusians: 0.3%
References
- 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.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- 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.
- Дністрянський М. С. Етнополітична географія України. Львів: Літопис, 2006, p. 465
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