Nikolske Raion
Nikolske Raion
Нікольський район | |
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| Coordinates: 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
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Vasyl′ Balabanov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,221 km2 (471 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  27,337 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| 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: 27,337 (2020 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
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ National composition and native language of the Donetsk Oblast.
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