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Volnovakha Raion

Volnovahskyi Raion
Волноваський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°00′N 34°49′E / 48.000°N 34.817°E / 48.000; 34.817Coordinates: 48°00′N 34°49′E / 48.000°N 34.817°E / 48.000; 34.817
Country  Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
Established 1923
Admin. center Volnovakha
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Volodymyr Nesterenko
Area
 • Total 2,549.44 km2 (984.34 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 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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