Markivka Raion

Markivskyi Raion Марківський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E / 49.50861; 39.54806Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E / 49.50861; 39.54806
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1920
Admin. center	Markivka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 8 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 33 — villages   0 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Oleksandr Gnedko
Area
• Total	1,166 km2 (450 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	15,747
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	92400—92444
Area code	+380 6464
Website	http://mar.loga.gov.ua

Markivka Raion (Ukrainian: Марківський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is an urban-type settlement of Markivka. Population: 15,747 (2013 est.).

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass. Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control. The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

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