Svatove Raion

Svatove Raion
Сватівський район
Raion
Flag of Svativskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Svativskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°27′40″N 38°12′17″E / 49.46111°N 38.20472°E / 49.46111; 38.20472
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerSvatove
Subdivisions7 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Mormul`
Area
 • Total
1,740 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
76,693
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92600—92655
Area code+380 6471
Websitehttp://svt.loga.gov.ua

Svatove Raion (Ukrainian: Сватівський район, romanized: Svativskyi raion) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. the administrative center of the raion is the city of Svatove. Population: 76,693 (2022 estimate).[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight. The area of Svatove Raion was significantly expanded.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 33,302 (2020 est.).[4]

Subdivisions

The raion contains seven hromadas:[citation needed]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 91.4%
  • Russians: 7.3%
  • Belarusians: 0.3%

References

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



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