Krasnodon Raion

Krasnodonskyi Raion
Краснодонський район
Sorokyne Raion
Coordinates: 48°22′51″N 39°40′36″E / 48.38083°N 39.67667°E / 48.38083; 39.67667
Country Ukraine
RegionLuhansk Oblast
Established1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerKrasnodon
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   5 — settlement councils
  • 10 — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   5 — urban-type settlements
  • 47 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
  GovernorOleksandr Kravtsov
Area
  Total
100 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
28,943
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
94415—94493
Area code+380 6462
Websitehttp://kd.loga.gov.ua/
Krasnodon Municipal District
Краснодонский муниципальный округ
Other transcription(s)
  UkrainianКраснодонський район
Location of Krasnodon District in the Luhansk People's Republic
Coordinates: 48°22′51″N 39°40′36″E / 48.38083°N 39.67667°E / 48.38083; 39.67667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLuhansk People's Republic
Established1923
Administrative centerKrasnodon
Area
  Total
100 km2 (40 sq mi)
Websitehttps://krasnodon-adm.ru

Krasnodon Raion (Ukrainian: Краснодонський район; Russian: Краснодо́нский райо́н) or Sorokyne Raion (Ukrainian: Сорокинський район; Russian: Сорокинский район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine from 1923 to 2020 and the de-facto district of the Luhansk People's Republic, a federal subject of Russia. The administrative center of the raion was Krasnodon, also known as Sorokyne. The last estimate of the raion population before its abolition was 28,943 (2020 est.).