Markivka Raion

Markivskyi Raion
Марківський район
Raion
Flag of Markivskyi Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Markivskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E / 49.50861; 39.54806Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E / 49.50861; 39.54806
Country  Ukraine
Region Luhansk Oblast
Established 1920
Admin. center Markivka
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Oleksandr Gnedko
Area
 • Total 1,166 km2 (450 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 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

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)


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