Almazna
Almazna
Алмазна | |
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Almazna is located in Ukraine Show map of UkraineAlmazna Almazna Almazna is located in Luhansk Oblast Show map of Luhansk OblastAlmazna Almazna | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′N 38°35′E / 48.517°N 38.583°E / 48.517; 38.583 | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Alchevsk Raion |
| Hromada | Kadiivka urban hromada |
| Population (2022 est.) | |
• Total | 4,148 |
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Almazna (Ukrainian: Алмазна, Russian: Алмазная, romanized: Almaznaya) is a small city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. The population of Almazna was estimated to be 4,148 (2022 estimate).[1] Industries within Almazna include metallurgy and manufacturing; a coal mine is also located near the city.[2]
Since 2014, Almazna has been under the effective control of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.[3]
Geography
[edit ]Almazna is situated 65 km away from Luhansk,[4] and 597.9 km away from Kyiv. The city is the source of the river Komyshuvakha, which originates in its eastern part, while the river Lomuvatka flows 1 km west of the city. The railway station Stakhanov (formerly known as Almazna), is located 2 km away from the city.
Demographics
[edit ]As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Almazna had a population of 5,099 inhabitants. The absolute majority of the population are Ukrainians, yet a significant minority, which accounts for over 40% of the population claims to have an ethnic Russian background. The exact distribution of the population by ethnicity was as follows:[5]
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References
[edit ]- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Cohen, Saul Bernard; Cohen, Saul (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780231145541 . Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "м Алмазна, Луганська область". Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України. 2016年04月13日. Archived from the original on 2016年04月13日. Retrieved 2023年12月29日.
- ^ "Національний склад міст". Datatowel.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024年06月01日.
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