Shakhtarsk Raion

Shakhtarskyi Raion
Шахтарський район

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Coordinates: 48°0′23″N 38°28′46.3″E / 48.00639°N 38.479528°ECoordinates: 48°0′23″N 38°28′46.3″E / 48.00639°N 38.479528°E

Country

Ukraine

Region

Donetsk Oblast

Established

1965

Admin. center

Shakhtarsk

Subdivisions

List

— city councils
— settlement councils
13 — rural councils
Number of localities:
— cities
— urban-type settlements
42 — villages
12 — rural settlements

Government

• Governor

Dmytro Konakov

Area

• Total

1,100 km² (400 sq mi)

Population (2013)

• Total

19,763

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal index

86200-86263

Area code

+380 6255

Shakhtarsk Raion (Ukrainian: Шахтарський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Shakhtarsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and is not part of the raion. Population: 19,763 (2013 est.).

Shakhtarsk Raion is located in the eastern part of Donetsk Oblast and at its southeast it has an international border along with Rostov Oblast of Russian Federation. To its east raion borders Luhansk Oblast.

To the south of Shakhtarsk Raion is located Amvrosiivka Raion, while to its north – Bakhmut Raion. To the west of Shakhtars Raion stretches a chain of several cities with separate regional-level self-government such as Makiivka, Khartsyzk, Yenakieve, Zhdanivka. Raion also completely surrounds such cities like Shakhtarsk, Torez, Snizhne.

Shakhtarsk Raion has one international border crossing with the Russian Federation, Marynivka - Kuibyshevo. On June 5, 2014 the Government of Ukraine was forced to close the border crossing, due to multiple reports of unsanctioned crossing of it by militants from the Russian Federation. On June 6, 2014 an intense fighting erupted at the Marynivka border checkpoint between the Ukrainian Border Troops and militants who tried to cross into Ukraine from the Russian Federation.

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