Lutuhyne Raion

Lutuhyne Raion (Ukrainian: Лутугинський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of Eastern Ukraine. 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.^[1][2] However, since 2014 the raion was not under control of Ukrainian government and has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic^[3] which continues using it as an administrative unit.^[4] The administrative center of the raion was the city of Lutuhyne. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was 67,563 (2013 est.).^[5]

Lutuhynskyi Raion Лутугинський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°23′1″N 39°12′43″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1965
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Lutuhyne
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   7 — settlement councils 8 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   7 — urban-type settlements 26 — villages   11 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Viktor Bordeev
Area
• Total	1,057 km2 (408 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	65,071
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	92000—92044
Area code	+380 6436
Website	http://lu.loga.gov.ua/

Lutuginsky Municipal District Лутугинский муниципальный округ
District
Other transcription(s)
• Ukrainian	Свердловський район
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Location of Lutuginsky District in the Luhansk People's Republic
Coordinates: 48°23′1″N 39°12′43″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Luhansk People's Republic
Established	1965
Administrative center	Lutugine
Area
• Total	1,057 km2 (408 sq mi)
Website	https://lutugino.su

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:^[6]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 71%
• Russians: 26.7%
• Belarusians: 0.7%

Localities

• Illiriia