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Velykonovosilkivskyi Raion Великоновосілківський район |
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| Coordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°ECoordinates: 47°50′28.3″N 36°50′8.2″E / 47.841194°N 36.835611°E | |||
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| Region | Donetsk Oblast | ||
| Established | 1923 | ||
| Admin. center | Velyka Novosilka | ||
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| • Governor | Sergiy Dmitriev | ||
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| • Total | 1,900 km2 (700 sq mi) | ||
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| 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,