Dobropillia

Dobropillia (Ukrainian: Добропілля, Russian: ДобропольеDobropolye) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It also serves as the administrative center of the Dobropillia Raion, though it does not belong to the raion.

Dobropillia

Добропілля
Dobropillia railway station
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Dobropillia
Coordinates: 48°28′08″N 37°04′58″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Founded1840s
Area
11.89 km2 (4.59 sq mi)
Elevation
138 m (453 ft)
Population
30,186
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Population: 40,064 (1989);[1] 31,196 (2013);[2] 30,186 (2017).[3] Distance to Donetsk - 94 kilometres (58 mi).

On 13 June 2014, a civilian security guard was killed and two other civilians injured when rebel forces launched 26 grad rockets against a Ukrainian checkpoint in this town.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 71.3%
  • Russians: 25.9%
  • Belarusians: 1.1%
  • Tatars: 0.4%
  • Greeks: 0.2%
Language
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