Markivka Raion

{{short description|Former subdivision of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Markivskyi Raion

| native_name = Марківський район

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Raion

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| image_flag = Flag of Markivskiy raion.png

| flag_alt = Flag of Markivskyi Raion

| image_shield = Markivskiy rayon gerb.png

| shield_alt = Coat of arms of Markivskyi Raion

| image_map = Markivskyi-Lug-Raion.png

| mapsize = 250px

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| coordinates = {{coord|49|30|31|N|39|32|53|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Luhansk Oblast}}

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = coll

| p1 =   0 — city councils

| p2 =   1 — settlement councils

| p3 = 8 — rural councils

| p4 = Number of localities:
  0 — cities

| p5 =   {{nowrap|1 — urban-type settlements}}

| p6 = 33 — villages

| p7 =   0 — rural settlements

| established_title1 = Established

| established_date1 = 1920

| established_title2 = Disestablished

| established_date2 = 18 July 2020

| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Markivka

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Oleksandr Gnedko

| leader_title1 = Chairman

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| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1166

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| population_footnotes =

| population_total = {{decrease}} 14242

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = EET

| utc_offset1 = +02:00

| timezone1_DST = EEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +03:00

| postal_code_type = Postal index

| postal_code = 92400—92444

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = +380 6464

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| website = http://mar.loga.gov.ua

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Markivka Raion ({{Langx|uk|Марківський район}}) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was an urban-type settlement of Markivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |date=17 July 2020 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} The last estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|14,242|.}}

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275 Ukraine crisis timeline], BBC News Markivka Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/126392 Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014], OSCE (5 November 2014) The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/any-violations-allowed-in-luhansk-oblast-referendum-347328.html Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum], Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)