Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast is subdivided into districts (raions) which are further subdivided into territorial communities (hromadas).
On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to eight.
The eight districts are: Until 2020, Donetsk Oblast was subdivided into 46 regions: 18 districts (raions) and 28 city municipalities (mis'krada or misto), officially known as "territories governed by city councils".
[3][4] In 2014, the War in Donbas started, and whereas some areas are controlled by the central Ukrainian government, others are under control of separatists representing Donetsk People's Republic.
The pro-Ukrainian government of the oblast was relocated from Donetsk to Mariupol.
Districts (raions): a – Amvrosiivka , b – Bakhmut , c – Velyka Novosilka , d – Volnovakha , e – Nikolske , f – Dobropillia , g – Kostiantynivka , h – Pokrovsk , i – Lyman , j – Marinka , k – Novoazovsk , l – Oleksandrivka , m – Manhush , n – Sloviansk , o – Starobesheve , p – Telmanove , q – Shakhtarsk , r – Yasynuvata ,
Cities of regional significance: 1 – Donetsk , 2 – Avdiivka , 3 – Bakhmut , 4 – Vuhledar , 5 – Horlivka , 6 – Debaltseve , 7 – Toretsk , 8 – Myrnohrad , 9 – Dobropillia , 10 – Dokuchaievsk , 11 – Druzhkivka , 12 – Yenakiieve , 13 – Zhdanivka , 14 – Kirovske , 15 – Kostiantynivka , 16 – Kramatorsk , 17 – Lyman , 18 – Pokrovsk , 19 – Makiivka , 20 – Mariupol , 21 – Novohrodivka , 22 – Selydove , 23 – Sloviansk , 24 – Snizhne , 25 – Torez , 26 – Khartsyzk , 27 – Shakhtarsk , 28 – Yasynuvata