Sievierodonetsk

Sievierodonetsk Сєвєродонецьк
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Sievierodonetsk Location of Severodonetsk
Coordinates: 48°56′0″N 38°30′0″E
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Luhansk Oblast Severodonetsk City Municipality
Founded	1934
City status	1958
Area
• Total	50 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	121,000
Area code(s)	+380 6452(645)
Website	www.sed-rada.gov.ua

Sievierodonetsk (Ukrainian: Сєвєродонецьк, Russian: Северодонецк) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast, and is located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately 110 km (68 mi) to the north north west from the oblast capital, Luhansk.

Sievierodonetsk has several factories and an important chemical production center "Azot" (English: Nitrogen). There is a domestic airport in a nearby city.^{[citation needed]}

Sievierodonetsk is the most rapidly developing city of Donbas, has enormous prospects.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

• 1939 – 5,000 inhabitants
• 1959 – 33,200 inhabitants
• 1970 – 90,000 inhabitants
• 1975 – 107,000 inhabitants
• 1991 - 131,000 inhabitants
• 2009 – 121,000 inhabitants

Economy

Chemicals

• CAS "Azot" – the largest chemical plant in Europe
• «Khimpostavschik» private enterprise.
• «Himexelen, Ltd.»

Sports

The 1st Ukrainian championship in bandy was held in the city 19/2-2012. Azot Severodonetsk became champions.[1]

Notable residents

• Nikolay Davydenko
• Snejana Onopka

External links

• (Ukrainian) Official website
• (Russian) City portal