There are 52 populated places in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.[2] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.[3][4][5] As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence,[a] the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital, Donetsk, with a population of 1,016,194 people, while the least populous city was Sviatohirsk, with 5,136 people.[6][7] The most recent settlement to receive city status is Mykolaivka, which was granted the status by the Verkhovna Rada on 18 November 2003.[8]
Location of cities in Donetsk Oblast, with red dots indicating Russian-occupied cities and green dots indicating Ukrainian-controlled cities.[1]
From independence in 1991 to 2020, 28 cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining 24 cities were located in 18 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.[9][10][7] On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into eight new, expanded raions.[b][3][13] The eight raions that make up the oblast are Bakhmut, Donetsk, Horlivka, Kalmiuske, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Pokrovsk, and Volnovakha.[c][18][19] After the enactment of decommunization laws, ten cities within the oblast were renamed in 2016 for their former names' connection to people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union.[d][24][25] The renamed cities are Bakhmut, Bunhe, Chystiakove, Kalmiuske, Khrestivka, Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Zalizne, which were previously named Artemivsk, Yunokomunarivsk, Torez, Komsomolske, Kirovske, Krasnyi Lyman, Dymytrov, Krasnoarmiisk, Dzerzhynsk, and Artemove, respectively.[26]
Following the Donbas war, pro-Russian separatist forces occupied all 21 cities located in the Donetsk, Horlivka, and Kalmiuske raions by 2015.[11][14] After 24 February 2022, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an additional fourteen cities were occupied by Russian troops of which, Lyman and Sviatohirsk were recovered by Ukraine.[1][27][28][29] For their contributions to the country's defense during the invasion, two cities in the oblast (Mariupol and Volnovakha) were awarded with the honorary title Hero City of Ukraine in 2022.[30][31]
List of cities
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| Name | Name (in Ukrainian)[2][e] |
Raion (district) | Population (2022 estimates)[2] |
Population (2001 census)[7] |
Population change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amvrosiivka | Амвросіївка | Donetsk | 17,998 | 22,130 | −18.67% |
| Avdiivka | Авдіївка | Pokrovsk | 31,392 | 37,210 | −15.64% |
| Bakhmut | Бахмут | Bakhmut | 71,094 | 82,916 | −14.26% |
| Bilozerske | Білозерське | Pokrovsk | 14,634 | 17,868 | −18.10% |
| Bilytske | Білицьке | Pokrovsk | 7,764 | 10,093 | −23.08% |
| Bunhe | Бунге | Horlivka | 13,495 | 17,813 | −24.24% |
| Chasiv Yar | Часів Яр | Bakhmut | 12,250 | 16,612 | −26.26% |
| Chystiakove | Чистякове | Horlivka | 53,462 | 72,346 | −26.10% |
| Debaltseve | Дебальцеве | Horlivka | 24,209 | 30,246 | −19.96% |
| Dobropillia | Добропілля | Pokrovsk | 28,170 | 35,638 | −20.96% |
| Dokuchaievsk | Докучаєвськ | Kalmiuske | 22,835 | 24,383 | −6.35% |
| Donetsk | Донецьк | Donetsk | 901,645 | 1,016,194 | −11.27% |
| Druzhkivka | Дружківка | Kramatorsk | 53,977 | 64,557 | −16.39% |
| Hirnyk | Гірник | Pokrovsk | 10,357 | 14,207 | −27.10% |
| Horlivka | Горлівка | Horlivka | 239,828 | 292,250 | −17.94% |
| Ilovaisk | Іловайськ | Donetsk | 15,395 | 17,620 | −12.63% |
| Khartsyzk | Харцизьк | Donetsk | 56,182 | 64,175 | −12.46% |
| Khrestivka | Хрестівка | Horlivka | 27,370 | 30,910 | −11.45% |
| Kalmiuske | Кальміуське | Kalmiuske | 11,422 | 12,813 | −10.86% |
| Kostiantynivka | Костянтинівка | Kramatorsk | 67,350 | 95,111 | −29.19% |
| Kramatorsk | Краматорськ | Kramatorsk | 147,145 | 181,025 | −18.72% |
| Krasnohorivka | Красногорівка | Pokrovsk | 14,666 | 16,714 | −12.25% |
| Kurakhove | Курахове | Pokrovsk | 18,220 | 21,479 | −15.17% |
| Lyman | Лиман | Kramatorsk | 20,066 | 28,172 | −28.77% |
| Makiivka | Макіївка | Donetsk | 338,968 | 389,589 | −12.99% |
| Marinka | Мар'їнка | Pokrovsk | 9,089 | 10,722 | −15.23% |
| Mariupol | Маріуполь | Mariupol | 425,681 | 492,176 | −13.51% |
| Mospyne | Моспине | Donetsk | 10,471 | 11,736 | −10.78% |
| Mykolaivka | Миколаївка | Kramatorsk | 14,210 | 16,620[f] | −14.50% |
| Myrnohrad | Мирноград | Pokrovsk | 46,098 | 54,787 | −15.86% |
| Novoazovsk | Новоазовськ | Kalmiuske | 11,051 | 12,702 | −13.00% |
| Novohrodivka | Новогродівка | Pokrovsk | 14,037 | 17,473 | −19.66% |
| Pokrovsk | Покровськ | Pokrovsk | 60,127 | 69,154 | −13.05% |
| Rodynske | Родинське | Pokrovsk | 9,850 | 11,996 | −17.89% |
| Selydove | Селидове | Pokrovsk | 21,521 | 26,793 | −19.68% |
| Shakhtarsk | Шахтарськ | Horlivka | 48,208 | 59,589 | −19.10% |
| Siversk | Сіверськ | Bakhmut | 10,875 | 14,393 | −24.44% |
| Sloviansk | Слов'янськ | Kramatorsk | 105,141 | 124,829 | −15.77% |
| Snizhne | Сніжне | Horlivka | 45,767 | 58,496 | −21.76% |
| Soledar | Соледар | Bakhmut | 10,490 | 13,151 | −20.23% |
| Sviatohirsk | Святогірськ | Kramatorsk | 4,226 | 5,136 | −17.72% |
| Svitlodarsk | Світлодарськ | Bakhmut | 11,127 | 13,184 | −15.60% |
| Toretsk | Торецьк | Bakhmut | 30,914 | 43,371 | −28.72% |
| Ukrainsk | Українськ | Pokrovsk | 10,655 | 13,236 | −19.50% |
| Volnovakha | Волноваха | Volnovakha | 21,166 | 24,647 | −14.12% |
| Vuhledar | Вугледар | Volnovakha | 14,144 | 17,440 | −18.90% |
| Vuhlehirsk | Вуглегірськ | Horlivka | 7,294 | 10,309 | −29.25% |
| Yasynuvata | Ясинувата | Donetsk | 34,144 | 37,552 | −9.08% |
| Yenakiieve | Єнакієве | Horlivka | 76,673 | 103,997 | −26.27% |
| Zalizne | Залізне | Bakhmut | 4,928 | 6,725 | −26.72% |
| Zhdanivka | Жданівка | Horlivka | 11,867 | 13,688 | −13.30% |
| Zuhres | Зугрес | Donetsk | 17,871 | 19,859 | −10.01% |
See also
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edit- ^ As of 11 July 2023[6]
- ^ a b The initial administrative reform laws passed in 2020 were not de jure enacted at the time for territories occupied by separatist forces during the Donbas war due to a provision within the laws delaying the creation of new subdivisions in those territories until the Ukrainian government regained control of them at some indeterminate future date. On 7 September 2023, an amendment to the original law entered into force which created the new subdivisions for all territories from that date, thereby making them fully legally in effect for the whole oblast since 2023.[11][12]
- ^ Due to the occupation by separatist forces of the Donetsk, Horlivka, and Kalmiuske raions at the time of the 2020 administrative reform,[11][14] the three raions have only de jure status[b] while de facto Russian officials instead use the raions and cities of regional significance from before the 2020 reform.[15][16] In new territories occupied in the oblast since 24 February 2022, Russian appointed officials have also imposed the use of the pre-reform administrative divisions.[17]
- ^ Due to the occupation by separatist forces of Bunhe, Chystiakove, Kalmiuske, and Khrestivka at the time of the 2016 renaming,[11][14] the four cities' new names have only de jure status while de facto Russian officials continue to use the pre-2016 names.[20][21] In the cities occupied since 24 February 2022, Russian appointed officials have also imposed the pre-2016 names.[22][23]
- ^ Links to the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city
- ^ Classified as an urban-type settlement at the time of the census[7]
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- 2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure (in Ukrainian)
- "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021" [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2021] (PDF). db.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian and English). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2021.
- Regions of Ukraine and their composition (in Ukrainian)
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