Dobropillia | |
Native Name: | Добропілля |
Settlement Type: | City |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Pokrovsk Raion |
Coordinates: | 48.4689°N 37.0828°W |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Elevation M: | 138 |
Population Total: | 28170 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Area Total Km2: | 11.89 |
Established Date: | 1840s |
Established Title: | Founded |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Dfb |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Dobropillia urban hromada |
Dobropillia (pronounced as /uk/;) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of the former Dobropillia Raion, though it did not belong to the raion. It is located 94km (58miles) from Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 40,064 (1989);[1]
A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.[2]
During the Second World War, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops. City since 1953. In 1970, the population of the city was 30 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.[3] [4]
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]
61.0%
38.5%
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