Dobropillia Raion
The Dobropillia Raion is a raion within the southwestern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Dobropillia, which is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Its area is, and its population is approximately.
Within the Dobropillia Raion there is: one urban-type settlement, 9 selsoviets, and 66 settlements. Also included within the raion are: 17 kolhozy, and 3 sovhozy, 4 industrial organizations, 4 construction organizations, 2 railroad stations, 44 Meduchredzheniy, and 47 libraries.
An architectural monument in the raion is a palace.
In May 2014, due to the deteriorating situation in the Donetsk Oblast, the Raion requested a referendum pertaining to the absorption of Dobropillia Raion into the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where the situation was calm and stable. Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky announced that the oblast would be willing to do so assuming that is what the citizens want.Settlements
- Vodianske
- Volodymyrivka
- Virovka
- Hannivka
- Zolotyi Kolodiaz
- Krasnoiarske
- Kryvorizhia
- Novyi Donbas
- Novovodiane
- Novodonetske
- Novotoretske
- Novotroitske
- Novofedorivka
- Oktiabrske
- Rozy Liuksemburh
- Sviatohorivka
- Svitle
- Shevchenko
- Shylivka
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:
;Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 89.4%
- Russians: 8.9%