Pokrovsk Raion

Pokrovsk Raion
Покровський район
Raion
Coordinates: 48°15′34.8438″N 37°22′35.9832″E / 48.259678833°N 37.376662000°E / 48.259678833; 37.376662000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Admin. centerPokrovsk
Area
 • Total4,020 km2 (1,550 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total386,451
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
WebsiteVerkhovna Rada website

Pokrovsk Raion is one of the eight raions (districts) of Donetsk oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is Pokrovsk. Its population is about 386,451 (2022 est.).[1]

There is a line of control, that goes thru Pokrovsk raion (as of 2024). Sometimes it is called the Pokrovsk front. Russian forces are fighting Ukrainian forces.

The Battle of Marinka is going on (as of 2023). The city of Marinka is in Pokrovsk Raion.[2]

Administrative divisions

    • Avdiivka (hromada)
    • Bilozerske
    • Dobropillia
    • Hrodivka (map), Russian soldiers are there (year 2025)
    • Kryvorizhia
    • Kurakhove
    • Marinka (map), Russian soldiers are there (2025)
    • Myrnohrad
    • Novohrodivka
    • Ocheretyne (map), Russian soldiers are there (2025)
    • Pokrovsk
    • Selydove
    • Shakhove
    • Udachne

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. https://yle.fi/a/74-20010573/64-3-229467?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link-share. Retrieved 2024-05-23