Dobropillia
Dobropillia
Добропілля | |
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 Dobropillia railway station | |
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  Dobropillia | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′08″N 37°04′58″E / 48.46889°N 37.08278°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1840s |
| Area | 11.89 km2 (4.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Population | 30,186 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Dobropillia (Ukrainian: Добропілля, Russian: Доброполье — Dobropolye) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It also serves as the administrative center of the Dobropillia Raion, though it does not belong to the raion.
Population: 40,064 (1989);[1] 31,196 (2013);[2] 30,186 (2017).[3] Distance to Donetsk - 94 kilometres (58 mi).
On 13 June 2014, a civilian security guard was killed and two other civilians injured when rebel forces launched 26 grad rockets against a Ukrainian checkpoint in this town.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 71.3%
- Russians: 25.9%
- Belarusians: 1.1%
- Tatars: 0.4%
- Greeks: 0.2%
- Language
- Russian: 61.0%
- Ukrainian: 38.5%
- Belarusian: 0.1%
References
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.51
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2017 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2017. стор.22
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