Kramatorsk
Краматорськ | |
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Coordinates: 48°44′21″N 37°35′02″E / 48.73917°N 37.58389°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Kramatorsk Raion |
Hromada | Kramatorsk urban hromada |
Founded | 1868 |
City status since | 1932 |
Government | |
• Head | Oleksandr Honcharenko |
Area | |
• Total | 117.1 km2 (45.2 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 147,145 |
• Density | 583/km2 (1,510/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 84300-84390 |
Area code | +380 626(4) |
Website | krm |
Kramatorsk (Ukrainian: Краматорськ, IPA: [krɐmɐˈtɔrʲsʲk] ; Russian: Краматорск) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significance. Since October 2014, Kramatorsk has been the provisional seat of Donetsk Oblast, following the events surrounding the war in Donbas.[2] Its population is 147,145 (2022 estimate).[3] It is an important industrial and mechanical engineering center in Ukraine. Kramatorsk is on the banks of the Kazennyi Torets, a right tributary of the Siverskyi Donets.
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kramatorsk has been hit by Russian shelling multiple times.[4]