Donetsk Oblast - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

The oblast is subdivided into 18 raions (administrative districts). It consists of 28 municipalities, 52 cities, 131 towns, and more than 1,124 villages.

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast:

• Administrative Center – 1 (Donetsk)
• Raions — 18;
• City raions — 28;
• Settlements — 1,283, including:
  • Villages — 1,124;
  • Cities/Towns — 159, including:
    • Urban-type settlement — 131;
    • Cities — 52, including:
      • Cities of oblast' subordinance — 28;
      • Cities of raion subordinance — 24;
• Selsovets — N/A.

The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Donetsk Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Head of Donetsk Oblast administration, appointed by the President of Ukraine.