Starobilskyi Raion
Старобільський район
Raion
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Coat of arms of Starobilskyi Raion
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Coordinates: 49°14′59″N 38°55′10″E / 49.24972°N 38.91944°E / 49.24972; 38.91944
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerStarobilsk
Subdivisions8 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorVolodymyr Cherevatyi
Area
 • Total6,930.6 km2 (2,675.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total123,833
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92700—92764
Area code+380 6461
Websitehttp://stb.loga.gov.ua

Starobilsk Raion (Ukrainian: Старобільський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Starobilsk. Population: 123,833 (2022 estimate).[1]

Its territory was greatly expanded during the 2020 Ukrainian administrative reforms.

History

Starobilsk Raion was established in spring 1923 as an administrative unit of the Ukrainian SSR.

On February 5, 1965, in accordance with a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR that tweaked administration across the republic, Brusivka rural council was transferred from Starobilsk Raion to Bilovodsk Raion, slightly shrinking the former's territory.[2]

The January 2020 estimate of the raion's population was 42,693 (2020 est.).[3]

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 Starobilsk Raion was significantly expanded.[4][5] Two abolished raions, Chornobai and Drabiv Raions, as well as the city of Starobilsk, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Starobilsk Raion.

Subdivisions

The raion contains eight hromadas:

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[6]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 87.8%
  • Russians: 11%
  • Belarusians: 0.3%

References

  1. 1 2 Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Про внесення змін до Указу Президії Верховної Ради Української РСР від 4 січня 1965 року «Про внесення змін в адміністративне районування Української РСР»". Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ↑ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  6. ↑ Дністрянський М. С. Етнополітична географія України. Львів: Літопис, 2006, p. 465
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