Oleksandrivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Oleksandrivka Raion (Ukrainian: Олександрівський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Oleksandrivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 17,615 (2020 est.).^[3]

Oleksandrivskyi Raion Олександрівський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°42′19.8534″N 36°55′31.4328″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Oleksandrivka
Subdivisions	List    — city councils   1 — settlement councils 15 — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 58 — villages   2 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Oleksiy Bebeshko
Area
• Total	1,010 km2 (390 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	17,615
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	84000-84066
Area code	+380 6269

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:^[4]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians	21,162	91.9%
Russians	1,533	6.7%
Belarusians	110	0.5%

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 на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
4. "Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області" [Ethnic and linguistic composition of Donetsk Oblast] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.