Markivka Raion

Markivka Raion (Ukrainian: Марківський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is an urban-type settlement of Markivka. Population: 15,747 (2013 est.)[1].

Markivskyi Raion

Марківський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1920
Admin. centerMarkivka
Subdivisions
Government
 • GovernorOleksandr Gnedko
Area
 • Total1,166 km2 (450 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total 15,747
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92400—92444
Area code+380 6464
Websitehttp://mar.loga.gov.ua

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[2] Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[3] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[4]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 93%
  • Russians: 5.7%
  • Belarusians: 0.4%
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References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
  3. Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014, OSCE (5 November 2014)
  4. Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)


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