Dobropillia Raion

Dobropils'kyi Raion Добропільський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°28′59.8656″N 37°0′42.2886″E / 48.483296000°N 37.011746833°E / 48.483296000; 37.011746833Coordinates: 48°28′59.8656″N 37°0′42.2886″E / 48.483296000°N 37.011746833°E / 48.483296000; 37.011746833
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast (de Jure) Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (de Facto)
Established	N/A
Admin. center	Dobropillia
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 61 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	N/A
Area
• Total	949 km2 (366 sq mi)
Population
• Total	16,622
• Density	18/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	873-XX
Area code	380
Website	Verkhovna Rada website

The Dobropillia Raion (Ukrainian: Добропільський район, translit.: Dobropil's'kyi raion; Russian: Добропо́льский район, translit.: Dobropol'skiy raion) is a raion (district) within the southwestern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Dobropillia, which is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Its area is 949 square kilometres. Population: 16,622 (2013 est.)^[1].

Within the Dobropillia Raion there is: one urban-type settlement (Svyatohorivka - 2,100 inhabitants), 9 selsovets, and 66 settlements. Also included within the raion are: 17 kolhozy, and 3 sovhozy, 4 industrial organizations, 4 construction organizations, 2 railroad stations, 44 Meduchredzheniy, and 47 libraries.

An architectural monument in the raion is a palace (1887-1914-selo Zelyenoe).

In May 2014, due to the deteriorating situation in the Donetsk Oblast, the Raion requested a referendum pertaining to the absorption of Dobropillia Raion into the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where the situation was calm and stable. Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky announced that the oblast would be willing to do so assuming that is what the citizens want.^[2]

Settlements

See also

• Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast

References

External links

• Ukrainian Bronze Age stone revealed to be oldest sundial ever found - and could mark the location of a sacrificial grave

Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast
Administrative center: Donetsk
Raions	Amvrosiivka Bakhmut Boykivske Dobropillia Kostiantynivka Lyman Manhush Marinka Nikolske Novoazovsk Oleksandrivka Pokrovsk Shakhtarsk Sloviansk Starobesheve Velyka Novosilka Volnovakha Yasynuvata
Cities	Regional Avdiivka Bakhmut Debaltseve Dobropillia Dokuchaievsk Donetsk Druzhkivka Horlivka Khartsyzk Kirovske Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Lyman Makiivka Mariupol Myrnohrad Novohrodivka Pokrovsk Selydove Shakhtarsk Sloviansk Snizhne Toretsk Torez Vuhledar Yasynuvata Yenakiieve Zhdanivka District Amvrosiivka Bilozerske Bilytske Chasiv Yar Hirnyk Ilovaisk Komsomolske Krasnohorivka Kurakhove Marinka Mospyne Mykolaivka Novoazovsk Rodynske Siversk Soledar Sviatohirsk Svitlodarsk Ukrainsk Volnovakha Vuhlehirsk Yunokomunarivsk Zalizne Zuhres
Urban-type settlements Category:Donetsk Oblast