Dobropillia

Dobropillia (Ukrainian: Добропілля, Russian: Доброполье — Dobropolye) 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
City
Dobropillia railway station
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Coat of arms
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
ClimateDfb

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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References
  1. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.51
  3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2017 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2017. стор.22


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