Markivka Raion (Ukrainian: Марківський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was an urban-type settlement of Markivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 14,242 (2020 est.).[3]

Markivka Raion
Марківський район
Flag of Markivskyi Raion
Coat of arms of Markivskyi Raion
Location of Markivka Raion
Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E / 49.50861; 39.54806
Country Ukraine
Region Luhansk Oblast
Established1920
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerMarkivka
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 8 — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 33 — villages
  •   0 — rural settlements
Government
  GovernorOleksandr Gnedko
Area
  Total
1,166 km2 (450 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
14,242 Decrease
  Density12.21/km2 (31.64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
92400—92444
Area code+380 6464
Websitehttp://mar.loga.gov.ua
Markovsky Municipal District
Марковский муниципальный округ (Russian)
Other transcription(s)
  UkrainianМарківський район
Flag of Markovsky Municipal District
Coat of arms of Markovsky Municipal District
Location of Markovsky District in the Luhansk People's Republic
Location of Markovsky District in the Luhansk People's Republic
Coordinates: 49°30′31″N 39°32′53″E / 49.50861°N 39.54806°E / 49.50861; 39.54806
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLuhansk People's Republic
Established1920
Administrative centerMarkivka
Area
  Total
1,166 km2 (450 sq mi)
Websitehttps://markovka.su

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbas.[4] Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[5] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[6]

Demographics

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As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 93%
  • Russians: 5.7%
  • Belarusians: 0.4%

Notable residents

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  • Leonid Zhunko (born 1951), politician, born in Krasne Pole village

References

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