Starobilsk Raion

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
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1938
Admin. centerStarobilsk
Subdivisions8 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorSergiy Pogoriliy
Area
 • Total1,580 km2 (610 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total126,010
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92700—92764
Area code+380 6461
Websitehttp://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
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. Дністрянський М. С. Етнополітична географія України. Львів: Літопис, 2006, p. 465
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