Manhush Raion (Ukrainian: Мангушський район), until May 2016 Pershotravnevyi Raion (Ukrainian: Першотравневий 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 Manhush (until 1995 Pershotravnevyi). 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. The area of the former Manhush Raion was merged into the newly created Mariupol Raion. [1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 25,524 (2020 est.).[3]
Manhush Raion
Мангушський район | |
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| Coordinates: 47°3′30.7908″N 37°18′30.2934″E / 47.058553000°N 37.308414833°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Donetsk Oblast |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Manhush |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Borys Trima |
| Area | |
| • Total | 792 km2 (306 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total |  25,524 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 87400-87455 |
| Area code | +380 6297 |
The militia of the Donetsk People's Republic occupied the region for a short time but was expelled by the Donbas Battalion, a paramilitary group which consists of locals from the Donbass region.
On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted a decision to rename Pershotravnevyi Raion to Manhush Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]
| Ethnicity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainians | 14,735 | 50.3% |
| Russians | 7,881 | 26.9% |
| Greeks | 5,882 | 20.1% |
| Belarusians | 208 | 0.7% |
References
edit- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Рада переименовала Комсомольск в Горишние Плавни" (in Ukrainian). lb.ua. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "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.
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