Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast is subdivided into districts (raions) which are further subdivided into territorial communities (hromadas).

Current

On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to eight.[1][2] This includes territories not under control of Ukrainian government, where the old territorial division is in use. The eight districts are:

  1. Bakhmut (Бахмутський район), the center is in the city of Bakhmut;
  2. Donetsk (Донецький район), the center is in the city of Donetsk;
  3. Horlivka (Горлівський район), the center is in the city of Horlivka;
  4. Kalmiuske (Кальміуський район), the center is in the city of Kalmiuske;
  5. Kramatorsk (Краматорський район), the center is in the city of Kramatorsk;
  6. Mariupol (Маріупольський район), the center is in the city of Mariupol;
  7. Pokrovsk (Покровський район), the center is in the city of Pokrovsk;
  8. Volnovakha (Волноваський район), the center is in the city of Volnovakha.
Donetsk Oblast
As of January 1, 2022
Number of districts (райони) 8
Number of hromadas (громади) 66

Administrative divisions until 2020

Until 2020, Donetsk Oblast was subdivided into 46 regions: 18 districts (raions) and 28 city municipalities (mis'krada or misto), officially known as "territories governed by city councils".[3][4] In 2014, the War in Donbas started, and whereas some areas are controlled by the central Ukrainian government, others are under control of separatists representing Donetsk People's Republic. The pro-Ukrainian government of the oblast was relocated from Donetsk to Mariupol.

References

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України (in Ukrainian). State Service of Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Рада перейменувала Дніпродзержинськ на Кам'янське" (in Ukrainian). Українські Національні Новини. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Рада переименовала Комсомольск в Горишние Плавни" (in Ukrainian). lb.ua. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.