| Settlement Type: | City | ||||
| Svitlodarsk | |||||
| Native Name: | |||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Bakhmut Raion | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | ||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | left | ||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Svitlodarsk within Donetsk Oblast## Location of Svitlodarsk within Ukraine | ||||
| Coordinates: | 48.4333°N 51°W | ||||
| Population Total: | 11127 | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 2.12 | ||||
| Established Title: | First mentioned | ||||
| Established Date: | 1968 | ||||
| Established Title1: | City rights | ||||
| Established Date1: | 1992 | ||||
| Elevation M: | 172 | ||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||
| Postal Code: | 84792 | ||||
| Area Code: | +380-6249 | ||||
| Blank Name: | Government address | ||||
| Blank Info: | 84792, Донецька область, Бахмутський район, м. Світлодарськ, пр. Миру, 5 | ||||
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| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Svitlodarsk urban hromada | ||||
Svitlodarsk (pronounced as /uk/;) is a city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The city has a population of
It is an industrial town, built as the home for the Vuhlehirska power station.
During the war in Donbas that began in 2014, the city was near the frontline with the separatist Donetsk People's Republic.[1] Because of the conflict, the number of residents shrank to a few thousand by 2015.[1] In 2016, it was the site of the bloody battle of Svitlodarsk. It was a city of district significance until that designation was abolished in 2020.
On 24 May 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city was captured by Russian forces as part of the battle of Donbas.[2]
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]