| Lyman Raion | |
| Native Name: | Лиманський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Lyman Raion |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Lyman Raion |
| Coordinates: | 48.9322°N 37.9425°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| P1: | — city councils |
| P2: | — settlement councils |
| P3: | — rural councils |
| P4: | Number of localities: — cities |
| P5: | |
| P6: | 31 — villages |
| P7: | — rural settlements |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | N/A |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Lyman |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,018 |
| Population Total: | 21,881 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
| Postal Code: | 873-XX |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 380 |
| Website: | Verkhovna Rada website |
Lyman Raion (uk|Лиманський район|Lymans'kyi raion; ru|Лиманский район|Limanskiy raion) was a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was Lyman, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the district. Its area was 1018km2 and its population was approximately .
In 2016, Lyman Raion was abolished and merged into Lyman municipality (Lyman urban hromada, formerly Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community).[1] [2] [3]
Before 1917, the raion was part of the Kharkov Governorate.
Until May 2016, raion was known as Krasnyi Lyman Raion (uk|Краснолиманський район). On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted a decision to rename Krasnyi Lyman Raion to Lyman Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4] Krasnyi Lyman was previously renamed to Lyman according to the same law.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:
The national nature park Svyati Hory is 404.48 km² and it contains plant life from the region of the Seversky Donets River. The park contains over 1,008 different plants, almost 20% of them being endemic plants. Forty-six plants that grow here and 50 types of animals are entered into the Ukraine's Red Book of Rare Species. The fauna contains 43 types of mammals, 194 types of birds, 10 types of reptiles, 9 types of amphibians and 40 types of fish.
Another nature preserve is the Melova Flora. Known for its plant life, the preserve has an area of 11.34 km².