Velyka Novosilka Raion

Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion Великоновосілківський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°E / 47.841194; 36.835611Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°E / 47.841194; 36.835611
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Velyka Novosilka
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 61 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 51 — villages   15 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Sergiy Dmitriev
Area
• Total	1,900 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	41,364
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	85500-84583
Area code	+380 6243

Velyka Novosilka Raion (Ukrainian: Великоновосілківський район) is one of the 33 raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Velyka Novosilka. Population: 41,364 (2013 est.).

On 15 May 2014 (during the early phase of the War in Donbass) the Donbass Battalion secured the town from the pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic. According to (the then commander the Donbass Battalion) Semen Semenchenko the local police chief, deputies from the Party of Regions and the chairman of the district council "fled in an unknown direction."

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census,

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