Bilokurakyne Raion
Former subdivision of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bilokurakyne Raion (Ukrainian: Білокуракинський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the urban-type settlement of Bilokurakyne. 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 18,307 (2020 est.).[3]
Bilokurakynskyi Raion
Білокуракинський район | |
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| Coordinates: 49°37′2″N 38°42′23″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Luhansk Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Bilokurakyne |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Oleksandr Didenko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,436 km2 (554 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  18,307 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 92200—92253 |
| Area code | +380 6462 |
| Website | http://bk.loga.gov.ua |
After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province of Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[4] Bilokurakyne Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[5] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[6]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 90.7%
- Russians: 8.5%
- Belarusians: 0.2%
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