Donets, Ukraine
Donets (Ukrainian: Донець, Russian: Донец), until May 2016 Chervonyi Donets (Ukrainian: Червоний Донець, Russian: Червоный Донец), is an urban-type settlement in Balakliia Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 8,680 (2020 est.)[1]
Donets, Ukraine
Донець | |
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Urban-type settlement | |
Coat of arms | |
Coordinates: 49°30′30″N 36°34′16″E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
Raion | Balakliia Raion |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,680 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Donets is located on the right bank of the Donets River.
History
Urban-type settlement since 1959.
In January 1989 the population was 9653 people.[2] In January 2013 the population was 8997 people.[3]
On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervonyi Donets to Donets conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4]
Economy
Transportation
Donets has access (via a bridge) to the R78 Highway connecting Kharkiv and Balakliia, and is also connected by road with Pervomaiskyi.
References
- "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.97
- "Парламентарии переименовали два района в Одесской области" (in Russian). Одесса-медиа. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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