About the region

Donetsk region

Donetsk region is situated in the steppe zone of south-eastern part of Ukraine. In the south-west and west it is bordered on the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia in the north-west on Kharkov in the north-east on the Lugansk regions of Ukraine in the east on the Rostov regions of the Russian Federation, and in the south it is washed by Azov Sea.

Donetsk Oblast includes 51 city, 28. regional importance, 21 intracity district, 132 towns, 18 rural districts, 253 rural councils, 1124 rural settlements. The biggest cities of the region. Donetsk, Makiyivka, Mariupol, Gorlovka, Kramatorsk. The regional center is Donetsk.

Within the Donetsk region, formed the city and towns that have grown near the mines, steelworks and chemical plants, railway junctions. Urban settlements create greater agglomeration: Donetsk-Makeyevka, Gorlovsky-Enakievskuyu, Kramatorsk-Konstantinovsky, Torez-Snezhnyanskuyu.

28 cities of regional value:
1. Avdeevka
2. Artemovsk
3.Gorlovka
4.Debaltsevo
5.Dzerzhinsk
6.Dimitrov
7.Dobropole
8.Dokuchaevsk
9.Donetsk
10.Druzhkovka
11. Yenakievo
12. Zhdanovka
13. Kirovsk
14. Kostiantynivka
15. Kramatorsk
16. Krasnoarmeysk
17. Krasny Liman
18. Makiyivka
19. Mariupol
20. Novogrodovka
21. Selidovo
22. Slavyansk
23. Snehznoe
24. Torez
25. Vugledar
26. Khartsizk
27. Shakhtarsk
28. Yasinuvata.

The characteristic feature of economic complex of the region is a combination of a powerful industry with diversified agriculture and transport. The region is a major supplier of metal, fuel, machinery and chemical industry

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DONETSK REGION STATE ADMINISTRATION