Lyman Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Lyman Raion Лиманський район
Raion
Coordinates: 48°55′56″N 37°56′33″E / 48.93222°N 37.94250°E / 48.93222; 37.94250Coordinates: 48°55′56″N 37°56′33″E / 48.93222°N 37.94250°E / 48.93222; 37.94250
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	N/A
Admin. center	Lyman
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 31 — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,018 km2 (393 sq mi)
Population
• Total	21,881
• Density	21/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	873-XX
Area code	380
Website	Verkhovna Rada website

Lyman Raion (Ukrainian: Лиманський район, translit.: Lymans'kyi raion; Russian: Лиманский район, translit.: Limanskiy raion) is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Lyman, which is separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the district. Its area is 1,018 square kilometres. Population: 21,881 (2013 est.).

Within the Lymanskyi Raion there are: 5 urban-type settlements (Yampil, Zarichne, Dorobysheve, Novoselivka, and Yarova), 6 selsovets, and 46 settlements. Also included within the raion are: 5 sovhozy, 11 kolhozy, 7 industrial organisations, 35 schools, 31 libraries, and 2 movie theaters.

Before 1917, the raion was part of the Kharkov Governorate.

Until May 2016, raion was known as Krasnyi Lyman Raion (Ukrainian: Краснолиманський район). On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted a decision to rename Krasnyi Lyman Raion to Lyman Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin. Krasnyi Lyman was previously renamed to Lyman according to the same law.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

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