Bilokurakyne Raion
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| Bilokurakynskyi Raion Білокуракинський район |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Region | Luhansk Oblast | ||
| Established | 1923 | ||
| Admin. center | Bilokurakyne | ||
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| • Governor | Oleksandr Didenko | ||
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| • Total | 1,436 km2 (554 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total |  19,637 |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal index | 92200—92253 | ||
| Area code | +380 6462 | ||
| Website | http://bk.loga.gov.ua | ||
Bilokurakyne Raion (Ukrainian: Білокуракинський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine Oblast. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Bilokurakyne. Population: 19,637 (2013 est.)[1].
After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[2] Bilokurakyne Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[3] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[4]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
- ↑ Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014, OSCE (5 November 2014)
- ↑ Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)
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