Velyka Novosilka Raion (Ukrainian: Великоновосілківський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 37,144 (2020 est.)[3].

Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion Великоновосілківський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Velyka Novosilka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 61 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 51 — villages   15 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Sergiy Dmitriev
Area
• Total	1,900 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	37,144
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	85500-84583
Area code	+380 6243

On 15 May 2014 (during the early phase of the War in Donbass) the Donbas Battalion secured the town from the pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic.[4] According to (the then commander the Donbas Battalion) Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."[4]

Localities

• Zelenyi Hai

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[5]

References

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На других языках

[de] Rajon Welyka Nowosilka

[ru] Великоновосёлковский район