| Native name | Слов'янський район |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 48°54′56.5″N 37°43′18″E |
| Region | Donetsk Oblast |
| Parts style | coll |
| P 1 | — city councils |
| P 2 | 4 — settlement councils |
| P 3 | 12 — rural councils |
| P 4 | Number of localities: — cities |
| P 5 | 4 — urban-type settlements |
| P 6 | 40 — villages |
| P 7 | 2 — rural settlements |
| Established | 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Sloviansk |
| Governor | Petro Belokonov |
| Unit pref | Metric |
| Area total | 1274 km² |
| Population total | 45917 |
| Population as of | 2020 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+02:00) |
| Time zone (DST) | EEST (UTC+03:00) |
| Postal index | 84100-84196 |
| Area code | +380 6262 |
Sloviansk Raion (Ukrainian: Слов'янський район) was a raion of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Sloviansk, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. 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, of which only five were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[3]
| Ethnicity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainians | 34,121 | 87.1% |
| Russians | 4,115 | 10.5% |
| Turks | 197 | 0.5% |
| Belarusians | 178 | 0.5% |
| Romani people | 133 | 0.3% |
2014 fighting
On 2 May 2014, armed clashes were reported in and around Sloviansk with reported casualties, including killed and wounded, and downed helicopters.[4]
References
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ." (in Ukrainian). Голос України. 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "+Live updates on Ukraine's spreading unrest+". DW.DE. Retrieved 9 February 2015.