Novoaidar Raion

Novoaidar Raion (Ukrainian: Новоайдарський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Novoaidar. Population: 39,700(2020 est.)[1] , 25,294(2013 est.)[2] .

Novoaidarskyi Raion

Новоайдарський район
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Coordinates: 48°57′34″N 38°58′32″E
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Admin. centerNovoaidar
Subdivisions
Government
  GovernorMykola Zahodyachenko
Area
  Total1,536 km2 (593 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total 39,700
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
93500—93543
Area code+380 6445
Websitehttp://ndar.loga.gov.ua

History

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns and raions in Luhansk Oblast;[3][4] Ukrainian forces reportedly removed the separatists from the last village in the Novoaidar Raion under separatist control, Krymsky, on 20 October 2014.[5]

To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the town of Shchastya was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion. Some areas were transferred to the raion from Slovianoserbsk Raion.[6]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 56.1%
  • Russians: 42.7%
  • Belarusians: 0.4%

References

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