Bilokurakyne Raion Explained

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]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[6]

Ethnicity

Notes and References

  1. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  2. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . 17 July 2020 . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275 Ukraine crisis timeline
  4. http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/126392 Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014
  5. http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/any-violations-allowed-in-luhansk-oblast-referendum-347328.html Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum
  6. Web site: Home . ukrcensus.gov.ua.