Novoaidar Raion

Novoaidarskyi Raion Новоайдарський район
Raion
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Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Novoaidar
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 14 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 36 — villages   1 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Mykola Zahodyachenko
Area
• Total	1,536 km2 (593 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	25,294
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	93500—93543
Area code	+380 6445
Website	http://ndar.loga.gov.ua

Novoaidar Raion (Ukrainian: Новоайдарський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Novoaidar. Population: 25,294 (2013 est.).

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and raions in Luhansk Oblast; Ukrainian forces reportedly removed the separatist from the last village in the Novoaidar Raion under separatist control, Krymsky, on 20 October 2014.

To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the town of Shchastya was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion. Some areas were transferred to the raion from Slovianoserbsk Raion.