Lyman Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Lyman Raion
Лиманський район
Raion
Coordinates: 48°55′56″N 37°56′33″E / 48.93222°N 37.94250°E / 48.93222; 37.94250
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
EstablishedN/A
Admin. centerLyman
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 31 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,018 km2 (393 sq mi)
Population
 • Total21,881
 • Density21/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
873-XX
Area code380
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Lyman Raion (Ukrainian: Лиманський район, romanized: Lymans'kyi raion; Russian: Лиманский район, romanized: 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 1,018 km2 (393 sq mi) and its population was approximately 21,881 (2013 est.)[1].

In 2016, Lyman Raion was abolished and merged into Lyman municipality (Lyman urban hromada, formerly Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community).[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ Decree on the establishment of the Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community in website Ministry of Regional Development
  3. ^ Description of Lyman Community in Perspective plan for the formation of community territories of Donets Oblast (new edition). Endorsed by decree of the governor of Donetsk Oblast.Page 5-6
  4. ^ - Scheme of Administrative Territorial Units of Donetsk Oblast: towns of City of regional significance, page 5-7