Volnovakha Raion

Volnovahskyi Raion
Волноваський район

Raion

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Coordinates: 48°00′N 34°49′E / 48.000°N 34.817°ECoordinates: 48°00′N 34°49′E / 48.000°N 34.817°E

Country

Ukraine

Region

Donetsk Oblast

Established

1923

Admin. center

Volnovakha

Subdivisions

List

1 — city councils
6 — settlement councils
27 — rural councils
Number of localities:
1 — cities
6 — urban-type settlements
51 — villages
15 — rural settlements

Government

• Governor

Volodymyr Nesterenko

Area

• Total

2,549.44 km² (984.34 sq mi)

Population (2013)

• Total

83,930

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal index

85700-84791

Area code

+380 6244

Website

www.volnovrda.gov.ua

Volnovakha Raion (Ukrainian: Волноваський район, Volnovas’kyi raion) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is located in the city of Volnovakha. Population: 83,930 (2013 est.)

On 9 December 2014, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, changed the boundaries and total area of the Volnovakha Raion to encompass 2,549.44 km² (984.34 sq mi) following the events surrounding the War in Donbass.

Subsequently, the Governor of Donetsk Oblast Oleksandr Kikhtenko adopted a resolution moving the administrative center of the Novoazovsk Raion to the urban-type settlement of Vynohradne; the administrative center of the Telmanove Raion to the urban-type settlement of Myrne; and the administrative center of the Yasynuvata Raion to the urban-type settlement of Ocheretyne.

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,

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