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]
Svatove Raion
Сватівський район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°27′40″N 38°12′17″E / 49.46111°N 38.20472°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Admin. center | Svatove |
| Subdivisions | 7 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Volodymyr Mormul` |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,740 km2 (670 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 76,693 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 92600—92655 |
| Area code | +380 6471 |
| Website | http://svt.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. 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
editThe raion contains seven hromadas:[citation needed]
Demographics
editAs of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 91.4%
- Russians: 7.3%
- Belarusians: 0.3%
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "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. 17 July 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
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