Kalmiuskyi District Explained

Settlement Type:Urban district
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Donetsk Oblast
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Official Name:Kalmiuskyi District
Native Name:Кальміуський район
Area Total Km2:138.729
Population Total:118,064

Kalmiuskyi District (Ukrainian: Кальміуський район), formerly known as Illichivskyi District, is an urban district of the city of Mariupol, Ukraine.

In 2016, it was renamed to its current name to comply with decommunization laws.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the district's population was 102,946, of whom 6.03% spoke Ukrainian, 93.60% Russian, 0.07% Armenian, 0.06% Greek, 0.04% Belarusian, 0.03% - Romani, 0.01% - Moldovan (Romanian), Jewish, Bulgarian, German and Romanian (self-declared).[2]

References

  1. On Amending Resolution of the Central Election Commission on April 28, 2012 № 82, Verkhovna Rada (3 June 2016)
  2. http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua