Donetsk Ukraine oblast

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• overview
• administrative division
• economy

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Donetsk Ukraine oblast overview

Donetsk oblast coat of arms

Donetsk oblast flag

Donetsk oblast map location

Donetsk oblast was established on July 17, 1932. Donetsk region is located in the southeastern part of Ukraine.

Donetsk is the capital city of Donetsk oblast with the population of about 1,100 thousand people. Donetsk oblast makes up 4.4% of the territory of Ukraine. The population of the region constitutes 10% of the whole Ukraine, including 4,136 thousand urban people and 444 thousand rural people (9.7%). The density of the population is more than 174 people per sq. km.

Donetsk Ukraine oblast area - 26,500 sq. km.
Donetsk Ukraine oblast population - 4,580,000 (2007).

Donetsk oblast nature views

Donetsk oblast borders with Luhansk, Kharkiv, Dniprodzerzhynsk and Zaporizhia oblasts of Ukraine and Rostov oblast of Russian Federation. In the south, Donetsk oblast is washed by Azov Sea.

Donetsk region stretches 240 km from north to south, 170 km from west to east. The distance from Donetsk oblast center to capital of Ukraine by railway is 871 km, by roads, 693 km.

Mineral resources available in Donetsk oblast of Ukraine abound in almost all components of periodic system. The largest deposits of iron ore have been explored close to Mariupol. Donetsk oblast has large deposits of coal, its explored reserves make up 9.9 billion tons, including 5.7 billion tons of coke coal.

Donetsk oblast landscapes

Donetsk oblast scenery

Donetsk Ukraine oblast administrative division

Donetsk oblast includes 28 towns, 23 district centres, 134 urban villages and 1,124 villages. Donetsk region main cities and towns: Donetsk, Mariupol, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Enakievo.

Donetsk Ukraine oblast economy

Donetsk oblast industry: extremely powerful metallurgical production, heavy machine-building and coal mining; other major industrial branches are also present.

Donetsk oblast agriculture: grains, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables, sunflowers; cattle and poultry farming.

Donetsk oblast views

There are several heavy-engineering works in Donetsk oblast, which produce, in the main, mining equipment. Refrigerators are manufactured, and there are other light industries in Donetsk oblast.

Donetsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry is an association of more than 300 enterprises of Donetsk city and Donetsk oblast of the various forms of property state enterprises, banks, scientific research institutions, insurance and trade companies, and private firms.

The Chamber functions on the basis of the Law "On the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Ukraine" and facilitates the development of the national economy, creation of the proper conditions for business activity in Donetsk oblast, the development of all forms of management, as well as the industrial, scientific-and-technical, and trade links of Ukrainian businessmen with businessmen of the foreign countries.

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Donetsk oblast churches

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