Svatove Raion

Svatove Raion (Ukrainian: Сватівський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. the administrative center of the raion is the city of Svatove. Population: 78,278 (2021 est.)[1].

Svativskyi Raion
Сватівський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°27′40″N 38°12′17″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerSvatove
Subdivisions7 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Mormul`
Area
 • Total1,740 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total78,278
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92600—92655
Area code+380 6471
Websitehttp://svt.loga.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government, and the area of Svatove Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 33,302 (2020 est.)[4]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 91.4%
  • Russians: 7.3%
  • Belarusians: 0.3%

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  5. http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua


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