Nikolske Raion

Nikolske Raion Нікольський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°12′11″N 37°19′21.5″E / 47.20306°N 37.322639°ECoordinates: 47°12′11″N 37°19′21.5″E / 47.20306°N 37.322639°E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1925
Admin. center	Nikolske
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 10 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 31 — villages   11 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Vasyl′ Balabanov
Area
• Total	1,221 km^2 (471 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	29,284
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	87000-87062
Area code	+380 6246

Nikolske Raion (Ukrainian: Нікольський район), until May 2016 Volodarske Raion (Ukrainian: Володарський район), is one of the 33 regions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Nikolske. Population: 29,284 (2013 est.)^[1].

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Volodarske Raion to Nikolske Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.^[2] The raion center, Volodarske, was previously renamed to Nikolske.

Population

Ethnic groups in the raion, according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:^[3]

Ethnicity	Number	Proportion
Ukrainians	16,494	52.9%
Russians	7,538	24.2%
Greeks	6,223	20.0%
Belarusians	233	0.7%

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktіv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
3. National composition and native language of the Donetsk Oblast.