Sverdlovsk Raion

Sverdlovskyi Raion Свердловський район
Raion
Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°ECoordinates: 47°56′24″N 39°38′33″E / 47.94000°N 39.64250°E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1938
Admin. center	Sverdlovsk
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 6 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 26 — villages   3 — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,132 km^2 (437 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	12,039
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	94820—94871
Area code	+380 6434

Sverdlovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Свердловський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Sverdlovsk, which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 12,039 (2013 est.)^[1].

Since 2014, the raion has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.^[2]

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Retrieved 21 December 2015.