Bilokurakyne Raion (Ukrainian: Білокуракинський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine Oblast. The administrative center of the district was the urban-type settlement of Bilokurakyne. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,307 (2020 est.)[3].

Bilokurakynskyi Raion Білокуракинський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°37′2″N 38°42′23″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Bilokurakyne
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   2 — settlement councils 13 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   2 — urban-type settlements 49 — villages   1 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Oleksandr Didenko
Area
• Total	1,436 km2 (554 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,307
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	92200—92253
Area code	+380 6462
Website	http://bk.loga.gov.ua

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province of Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[4] Bilokurakyne Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[5] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[6]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 90.7%
• Russians: 8.5%
• Belarusians: 0.2%

References

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[de] Rajon Bilokurakyne

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