Yasynuvata Raion

Yasynuvatskyi Raion Ясинуватський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°14′46.5″N 37°36′55.5″E / 47.246250°N 37.615417°E / 47.246250; 37.615417Coordinates: 47°14′46.5″N 37°36′55.5″E / 47.246250°N 37.615417°E / 47.246250; 37.615417
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Admin. center	Yasynuvata (de jure) Ocheretyne (de facto)
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   3 — settlement councils 9 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   3 — urban-type settlements 30 — villages   13 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Dmytro Dyzchenko
Area
• Total	809 km2 (312 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	27,845
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	86000-86092
Area code	+380 6236

Yasynuvata Raion (Ukrainian: Ясинуватський район, Yasynuvats’kyi raion) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the city of Yasynuvata, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the districts jurisdiction. Population: 27,845 (2013 est.)

On 9 December 2014, following the events surrounding the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's national parliament, moved Yasynuvats’kyi district's administration buildings and government to вул. Першотравнева 12, (English: 12 May Day Street) in Ocheretyne urban-type settlement, which is near H20 about 35 km northnorthwest of Donetsk. The raion (as under control by Ukrainian authorities) is located 20 kilometers from the frontline of the War in Donbass.

The city Yasynuvata is under control of the pro-Russian separatists Donetsk People's Republic. Early February 2016 well known separatist Pavel Gubarev was appointed Yasynuvata Raion mayor by the Donetsk People's Republic.

National composition of the population in the district according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census.

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