Svatove Raion

Svatove Raion (Ukrainian: Сватівський район, romanized: Svativskyi raion) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. the administrative center of the raion is the city of Svatove. Population: 76,693 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Svatove Raion Сватівський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°27′40″N 38°12′17″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Svatove
Subdivisions	7 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Volodymyr Mormul`
Area
• Total	1,740 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	76,693
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	92600—92655
Area code	+380 6471
Website	http://svt.loga.gov.ua

Svatovsky Municipal District Сватовский муниципальный округ
District
Other transcription(s)
• Ukrainian	Сватівський район
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Location of Svatovsky District in the Luhansk People's Republic
Coordinates: 49°27′40″N 38°12′17″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Luhansk People's Republic
Established	1923
Administrative center	Svatovo
Area
• Total	1,740 km2 (670 sq mi)
Website	https://svatovolnr.ru

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight. The area of Svatove Raion was significantly expanded.^[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 33,302 (2020 est.).^[4]

Subdivisions

The raion contains seven hromadas:^{[citation needed]}

• Bilokurakyne settlement hromada
• Kolomyichykha rural hromada
• Krasnorichenske settlement hromada
• Lozno-Oleksandrivka settlement hromada
• Nyzhnia Duvanka settlement hromada
• Svatove urban hromada
• Troitske settlement hromada

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:^[5]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 91.4%
• Russians: 7.3%
• Belarusians: 0.3%