Marinka Raion

Marinka Raion
Мар'їнський район
Raion
Flag of Marinka Raion
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Coat of arms of Marinka Raion
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Coordinates: 47°56′30″N 37°30′46″E / 47.94167°N 37.51278°E / 47.94167; 37.51278Coordinates: 47°56′30″N 37°30′46″E / 47.94167°N 37.51278°E / 47.94167; 37.51278
Country  Ukraine
Region  Donetsk Oblast
Established February 19, 1923[1]
Admin. center Marinka
Subdivisions
Government
  Governor Roman Havrin[2]
Area
  Total 1,350.5 km2 (521.4 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 152 m (499 ft)
Population
  Total 84,317
  Density 62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 85600-85683
Area code +380-6278
Website http://www.donoda.gov.ua

Marinka Raion (Ukrainian: Мар'їнський район; Russian: Марьинский район) is a raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Marinka. Population: 84,317(2013 est.)[4].

The district was created on February 19, 1923 as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[5]

Its population was 90,045 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[1] The district itself consists of a total of 58 populated settlements, of which three are cities, three are urban-type settlements, 50 are selos, and an additional two are selysche.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[6]

Ethnicity Number Proportion
Ukrainians70,70378.5%
Russians16,58918.4%
Greeks9581.1%
Belarusians4950.5%
Bulgarians2300.3%
Armenians1900.2%
Azerbaijanis1060.1%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marinka Raion, Donetsk Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. "Leaders of the Raion State Administration". Marinka Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Donetsk Oblast State Administration. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. "Marinka (Donetsk Oblast, Marinka Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  4. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. "Marinka Raion". Informational Portal of Donechchyna (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  6. "Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області" [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.


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