Starobesheve Raion

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Starobeshivskyi Raion
Старобешівський район
Raion
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Country  Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
Established 1923
Admin. center Starobesheve
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 11 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 48 — villages
  •   9 — rural settlements
Government
 • Governor Vasyl′ Pan′ko
Area
 • Total 1,282 km2 (495 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 50,675
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 87200—87272
Area code +380 6253

Starobesheve Raion (Ukrainian: Старобешівський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Starobesheve. Population: 50,675 (2013 est.)[1].

One of the towns in the raion is Novyi Svit.[2] On 29 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured this town from pro-Russian separatists.[2][3] Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast.[4][5]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[6]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians 29,170 52.1%
Russians 17,761 31.7%
Greeks 7,491 13.4%
Belarusians 397 0.7%
Azerbaijanis 241 0.4%
Germans 171 0.3%
Armenians 122 0.2%

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