Bilokurakyne Raion
Bilokurakyne Raion (Ukrainian: Білокуракинський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine Oblast. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Bilokurakyne. Population: 19,637 (2013 est.)[1].
Bilokurakynskyi Raion Білокуракинський район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°37′2″N 38°42′23″E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Luhansk Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Admin. center | Bilokurakyne |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Oleksandr Didenko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,436 km2 (554 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 92200—92253 |
| Area code | +380 6462 |
| Website | http://bk.loga.gov.ua |
After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province of Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[2] Bilokurakyne 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: 90.7%
- Russians: 8.5%
- Belarusians: 0.2%
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
- 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)
- Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)
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