Velyka Novosilka Raion

Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion
Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion; Великоновосілківський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Velyka Novosilka
Subdivisions	List 0 — city councils; 1 — settlement councils; 61 — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; 0 — cities; 1 — urban-type settlements; 51 — villages; 15 — rural settlements;
Government
• Governor	Sergiy Dmitriev
Area
• Total	1,900 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	41,364
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	85500-84583
Area code	+380 6243

Velyka Novosilka Raion (Ukrainian: Великоновосілківський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. Population: 41,364 (2013 est.)[1].

On 15 May 2014 (during the early phase of the War in Donbass) the Donbass Battalion secured the town from the pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic.[2] According to (the then commander the Donbass Battalion) Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."[2]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[3]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians	31,850	64.6%
Greeks	9,730	19.7%
Russians	6,568	13.3%
Belarusians	240	0.5%
Turks	168	0.3%

References

Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
(in Ukrainian) Velyka Novosilka Raion Donetsk liberated from terrorists and flag DNR, TSN (15 May 2014)
Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.

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[ua2013estimate-1] Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[Velyka_Novosilka_Raion_May_2014-2] (in Ukrainian) Velyka Novosilka Raion Donetsk liberated from terrorists and flag DNR, TSN (15 May 2014)

[3] Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.