Halytsynivka (Ukrainian: Галицинівка; Russian: Галицыновка) is a village in Pokrovsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 36.2 km WNW from the centre of Donetsk city, on the banks of the Vovcha River.
Halytsynivka
Галицинівка | |
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Coordinates: 48°06′02″N 37°26′45″E / 48.100556°N 37.445833°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
Hromada | Novohrodivka urban hromada |
Founded | 1888 |
Elevation | 133 m (436 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,111 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 85620 |
Area code | +380 6278 |
The War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed near the village by shelling from "Grad" multiple rocket launchers on 3 February 2017.[1]
Demographics
editIn 2001 the settlement had 1111 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[2]
References
edit- ^ "Сводные данные АТО – 04 февраля" [Summary information on ATO as of 04 February] (in Russian). NSDC. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.