Vuhledar
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Vuhledar
Вугледар Угледар | |
|---|---|
 Vuhledar coal mine | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Vuhledar  Vuhledar | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′45″N 37°14′54″E / 47.77917°N 37.24833°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Government | |
| • Head of the military-civilian administration | Andriy S. Shilch |
| Elevation | 187 m (614 ft) |
| Population (2021) | 14,432 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Vuhledar (Ukrainian: Вугледар, Russian: Угледар, both names meaning 'gift of coal', referring to its coal mining industry) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its population is 14,432 (2021 est.).[1] In 2001, its population was 17,440.
History[edit]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vuhledar was hit by a Russian ballistic missile carrying a cluster munition on February 24, 2022. The missile strucked outside a hospital and killed four civilians and injured another 10.[2]
Demographics[edit]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[3]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 63.1%
- Russians: 33.1%
- Belarusians: 1.0%
- Language
- Russian: 70.8%
- Ukrainian: 28.2%
- Belarusian: 0.1%
References[edit]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Ukraine: Russian Cluster Munition Hits Hospital". hrw.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Ukrcensus.gov.ua". ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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