Horlivka Raion | |
Native Name: | Горлівський район |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Raion |
Mapsize: | 225px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts: | 9 hromadas |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 2020 |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2468.4 |
Population Total: | 662,069 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Horlivka Raion (uk|Горлівський район|Horlivskyi raion; ru|Горловский район|Gorlovsky rayon) is a prospective raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was formally created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is in the town of Horlivka.[2] [3] Population: The area of the raion is occupied by Russia, which continues to use the old, pre-2020 administrative divisions of Ukraine. Prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, portions of the northern Maiorsk district of Horlivka were the only notable areas of the raion under Ukrainian government control.
Raion consists of 9 hromadas: