Proletarske
Piatypillia
Urban locality in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Piatypillia[lower-alpha 1] or Proletarske[lower-alpha 2] is a rural settlement in Makiivka urban hromada, Donetsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population: 3,155 (2022 estimate).[2]
Piatypillia
П'ятипілля | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 48°00′43″N 38°05′31″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Donetsk Raion |
| Hromada | Makiivka urban hromada |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,155 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 86192 |
| Area code | +380 6232 |
The town is located in the central part of Donetsk Oblast, in the Donetsk-Makiivka conurbation. It is located 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Donetsk city center, and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Khartsyzk. It has an elevation of 220 metres (720 ft).[1]
Proletarske was founded in 1937. It received urban-type settlement status in 1956.[1]
The town, when it was known as Proletarske, was taken over by Russian proxy forces during the war in Donbas that began in 2014. In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine issued an edict renaming it to Piatypillia in accordance with decommunization laws.[3]
The town contains a bituminous coal mine and a structural steel plant.[1]
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
- Cohen, Saul B., ed. (17 February 2024). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. p. 3081. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
- 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.
- Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua Archived 31 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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