Lyman Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Lyman Raion (, translit.: "Lymans'kyi raion"; , translit.: "Limanskiy raion") was a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center was Lyman, which was separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the district. Its area was and its population was approximately .
In 2016, Lyman Raion was abolished and merged into Lyman municipality (, formerly Krasnyi Lyman United Territorial Community).
History.
Before 1917, the raion was part of the [[Kharkov Governorate]].
Until May 2016, raion was known as Krasnyi Lyman Raion (). On 19 May 2016, [[Verkhovna Rada]] adopted a decision to rename Krasnyi Lyman Raion to Lyman Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin. Krasnyi Lyman was previously renamed to Lyman according to the same law.
Demographics.
As of the [[Ukrainian Census (2001)|2001 Ukrainian census]]:
Environment.
The national nature park "Svyati Hory" is 404.48 km² and it contains plant life from the region of the [[Seversky Donets]] River. The park contains over 1,008 different plants, almost 20% of them being [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]] plants. Forty-six plants that grow here and 50 types of animals are entered into the [[Ukraine's Red Book of Rare Species]]. The fauna contains 43 types of [[mammal]]s, 194 types of birds, 10 types of [[reptile]]s, 9 types of [[amphibian]]s and 40 types of fish.
Another nature preserve is the "Melova Flora". Known for its plant life, the preserve has an area of 11.34 km².
External links.
[[Category:Raions of Donetsk Oblast]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 2016]]
[[Category:2016 disestablishments in Ukraine]]