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: 126,010 (2021 est.)[1]

Starobilskyi Raion Старобільський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°14′59″N 38°55′10″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1938
Admin. center	Starobilsk
Subdivisions	8 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Sergiy Pogoriliy
Area
• Total	6,930.6 km2 (2,675.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	126,010
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	92700—92764
Area code	+380 6461
Website	http://stb.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 Starobilsk Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 42,693 (2020 est.)[4]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]

Ethnicity

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

References

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[ru] Старобельский район