Bilokurakynskyi Raion | |
Native Name: | Білокуракинський район |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Raion |
Flag Alt: | Flag of Bilokurakynskyi Raion |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Bilokurakynskyi Raion |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Coordinates: | 49.6172°N 38.7064°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Luhansk Oblast |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | coll |
P1: | 0 — city councils |
P2: | 2 — settlement councils |
P3: | 13 — rural councils |
P4: | Number of localities: 0 — cities |
P5: | |
P6: | 49 — villages |
P7: | 1 — rural settlements |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Date1: | 1923 |
Established Title2: | Disestablished |
Established Date2: | 18 July 2020 |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Seat: | Bilokurakyne |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Oleksandr Didenko |
Leader Title1: | Chairman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1436 |
Population Total: | 18307 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
Postal Code: | 92200—92253 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 6462 |
Website: | http://bk.loga.gov.ua |
Bilokurakyne Raion was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the urban-type settlement of Bilokurakyne. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was
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.[3] Bilokurakyne Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[4] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[5]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[6]