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]

For other uses, see Donets (disambiguation).
Donets, Ukraine

Донець
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°30′30″N 36°34′16″E
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionBalakliia Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total8,680
Time zoneUTC+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
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.97
  4. "Парламентарии переименовали два района в Одесской области" (in Russian). Одесса-медиа. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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