Markivka Raion
Markivskyi Raion Марківський район | |||
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Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°ECoordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E | |||
Country | Ukraine | ||
Region | Luhansk Oblast | ||
Established | 1920 | ||
Admin. center | Markivka | ||
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Government | |||
• Governor | Oleksandr Gnedko | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 1,166 km2 (450 sq mi) | ||
Population (2013) | |||
• Total | 15,747 | ||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Postal index | 92400—92444 | ||
Area code | +380 6464 | ||
Website | http://mar.loga.gov.ua |
Markivka Raion (Ukrainian: Марківський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is an urban-type settlement of Markivka. Population: 15,747 (2013 est.)[1].
After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[2] Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[3] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[4]
References
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
- ↑ Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014, OSCE (5 November 2014)
- ↑ Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)
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