Starobesheve Raion

Starobeshivskyi Raion
Старобешівський район
Raion
Flag of Starobeshivskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Starobeshivskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°45′12″N 38°1′54″E / 47.75333°N 38.03167°E / 47.75333; 38.03167
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerStarobesheve
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 11 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 48 — villages
  •   9 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVasyl′ Pan′ko
Area
 • Total1,282 km2 (495 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 49,313
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
87200—87272
Area code+380 6253

Starobesheve Raion (Ukrainian: Старобешівський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Starobesheve.The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 49,313 (2020 est.).[3]

Since 2014, the raion has not been under control of the Ukrainian government and has been controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic militant group [which?], which continues using it as an administrative unit.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians 29,170 52.1%
Russians 17,761 31.7%
Greeks 7,491 13.4%
Belarusians 397 0.7%
Azerbaijanis 241 0.4%
Germans 171 0.3%
Armenians 122 0.2%

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.
  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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Мероприятия, запланированные на 2020 год в сферах жилищно-коммунального хозяйства и строительства" (in Russian). Donetsk People's Republic.
  5. ^ Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.