Lyman Raion, Donetsk Oblast
former raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Lyman Raion (Ukrainian: Лиманський район, romanized: Lymans'kyi raion; Russian: Лиманский район, romanized: Limanskiy raion) was a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was Lyman, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the district. Its area was 1,018 km2 (393 sq mi) and its population was approximately 21,881 (2013 est.).
In 2016, Lyman Raion was abolished and merged into Lyman municipality (Lyman urban hromada, formerly Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community).
History
Before 1917, the raion was part of the Kharkov Governorate.
Until May 2016, raion was known as Krasnyi Lyman Raion (Ukrainian: Краснолиманський район). On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted a decision to rename Krasnyi Lyman Raion to Lyman Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin. Krasnyi Lyman was previously renamed to Lyman according to the same law.
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:
Ethnicity
Ukrainians: 83.3%
Russians: 15%
Environment
The national nature park Svyati Hory is 404.48 km2 and it contains plant life from the region of the Seversky Donets River. The park contains over 1,008 different plants, almost 20% of them being endemic plants.
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