Kostiantynivka Raion

Kostiantynivka Raion
Костянтинівський район
Raion
Flag of Kostiantynivka Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Kostiantynivka Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°31′36″N 37°42′15″E / 48.52667°N 37.70417°E / 48.52667; 37.70417Coordinates: 48°31′36″N 37°42′15″E / 48.52667°N 37.70417°E / 48.52667; 37.70417
Country  Ukraine
Region Donetsk Oblast
Established 7 March 1923[1]
Admin. center Kostiantynivka
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Serhiy Ivakhnin[2]
Area
 • Total 1,172 km2 (453 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 86 m (282 ft)
Population
 • Total 19,160
 • Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 85100-85185
Area code +380-6272
Website www.donoda.gov.ua

Kostiantynivka Raion (Ukrainian: Костянтинівський район; Russian: Константиновский район) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It covers approximately 4.4 percent of the oblast's total area.[4] Population: 19,160 (2013 est.)[5]; 21,132 (2001 Ukrainian Census).[1]

The district was created on 7 March 1923 as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1] Its administrative center is the city of Kostiantynivka, although the city itself is not administratively part of the Kostiantynivka Raion and is incorporated as a city of oblast significance.

Administrative divisions

Rock formations close to the village of Bilokuzmynivka.

The Kostiantynivka Raion is divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government is also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions are subdivided into councils, which are the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban localities administer their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities are organized into councils, which also may contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.

Accordingly, the Kostiantynivka Raion is divided into:[1]

Overall, the raion has a total of 60 populated localities, consisting of 49 villages, and 11 rural settlements.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kostiantynivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Leaders of the Raion State Administration". Kostiantynivka Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Donetsk Oblast State Administration. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kostiantynivka (Donetsk Oblast, Kostiantynivka Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Kostiantynivka Raion". Informational Portal of Donechchyna (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.


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