Bakhmut Raion

Bakhmut Raion (Ukrainian: Бахмутський район) is a raion (district) within the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bakhmut. Its area is 1,687 km2 (651 sq mi), and its population is approximately 224,528 (2021 est.)[2].

Bakhmut Raion
Бахмутський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°51′17.1858″N 38°6′15.4584″E
Country Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
EstablishedN/A
Admin. centerBakhmut
Subdivisions7 hromadas
Area
[1]
 • Total1,747.6 km2 (674.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total224,528
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
N/A
Area code380
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Created in 1923, it was known as Artemivsk Raion from 1924 to 2016 after its administrative center. Due to the War in Donbass, three smaller municipalities were transferred away from Yenakiieve municipality and transferred to Bakhmut Raion (at that time Artemivsk Raion), among which are Vuhlehirsk municipality, Olkhovatka municipality, and Bulavynske municipality. On 4 February 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed raion to Bakhmut Raion.[3]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government, and the area of Bakhmut Raion was significantly expanded. [4][5] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 105,040 (2020 est.)[6]

Within Bakhmut Raion there are six cities (Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Siversk, Soledar, Svitlodarsk, and Vuhlehirsk), and eight urban-type settlements.

Settlements
  • Siversk or Seversk (Ukrainian: Сіверськ; Russian: Северск; since 1913-1793 Yama) is a city of raion subordination located on 48.87°N 38.11°E / 48.87; 38.11 with a population of 14,393. There are some industrial factories located within the raion, namely the brick factory Stroidetal. Siversk is a former sovhoz by the name of Yamskyi. It was founded in 1913 and received city status in 1961.
  • Luhanske (Ukrainian: Луганське; since 1701–1922 Piatnadtsatia Rota) is an urban-type settlement (town) with a population of 2,604. Since 1772 the town has been populated by Moldovans and Romanians. To the town's administration also includes the adjacent villages of Krasnyi Pakhar, Krynychne, Lozove, Myronivka and Rozsadky as well as the rural settlements of Roty and Skeleve.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 78.7%
  • Russians: 18.4%
  • Belarusians: 0.7%
  • Turks: 0.6%
  • Armenians: 0.2%

See also

References
  1. Ostapenko, Pavlo (Павло Остапенко), ed. (2020). Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian) (2nd ed.). Київ: Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. Рада декомунізувала Артемівськ та ще більше ста міст і сіл [Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages]. Українська правда (in Ukrainian). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  4. Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. Нові райони: карти + склад. Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  6. 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.
  7. Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області: Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах. Головне управління статистики у Донецькій області (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2017-07-14.


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