Donetsk in brief

Location:
Eastern Ukraine

Time Zone:
GMT + 2 (GMT + 3 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October).

Climate and temperature
Hot in summers and cold and snowy in winter.
Spring and autumn are moderate in Donetsk and Ukraine, same as in Europe.

Founded:
1869

Origin of the name:
after the Seversky Donets river that flows through Donetsk region

City anniversary:
last Sunday in August

Symbols:

Coat of arms

Flag

Population:
977 830 (as of 2010)  

Area

570, 7 sq. km.    

Language
Mostly Russian

Religion
Mostly Orthodox

Currency
Hryvnya (UAH) = 100 kopiyok (singular: kopiyka).
Notes come in UAH 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1.
Coins are in denominations of UAH 1, 50, 25, 10, 5, 2 and 1.

Local government:
Donetsk City Council headed by Mayor – Aleksandr Lukyanchenko    
Donetsk Oblast Council headed by Chairman – Andrey Shishatskiy    
Donetsk Oblast State Administration headed by Governor – Anatoliy Blizhnyuk 

Administrative division
9 administrative districts (called raions): Voroshilovskiy (the centre), Kalininskiy, Kievskiy, Leninskiy, Proletarskiy, Kirovskiy, Budyonovskiy, Kuibyshevskiy and Petrovskiy

Electricity
220 volts AC, 50Hz.

Economy
Coal mining, heavy engineering, steel smelting, agriculture, services

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