Donetsk

**Donetsk** ( ,  ;  ;  ) is an important city in the eastern part of Ukraine, in the center of Donbas. It is the administrative center of Donetsk Oblast. Before the War in Donbas, which started 2014, about 1.1 million people lived in the city and its surroundings.

Donetsk is important for the  industry in Ukraine. Before the war, it was the fifth-biggest city of the country. From 1924 to 1961, the city was called **Stalino**, before 1924 its name was **Jusowka**, named after its founder, John Hughes. Hughes was from Wales and founded a metallurgic factory in 1869. The factory soon developed into the city of modern-day Donetsk. Most people in Donetsk use Russian in everyday life. According to a census, about 48 percent of the population were Ukrainians, and about 46 percent were Russians.

## Infobox (mapframe)

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- **zoom**: 9
- **stroke-width**: 1


## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Donetsk
- **native name**:

- **translit lang1**: Ukrainian language, Ukrainian
- **translit lang1 type1**: Romanization of Ukrainian, Romanization
- **translit lang1 info1**: Donetsk
- **translit lang1 type2**: Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic, Scholarly
- **translit lang1 info2**: Doneck
- **settlement type**: City
- **image caption**: **Left to right from top**: Transfiguration Cathedral, Donetsk, Transfiguration Cathedral (big image); Donbass Palace; Donetsk National Academic Ukrainian Musical and Drama Theatre, Drama Theatre; Lenin Square; Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko, Opera Theatre; and bridge on Ilicha Prospect
- **image flag**: Flag of Donetsk.svg
- **image shield**: Greater Coat of Arms of Donetsk (1995).svg
- **pushpin map**: Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine#Europe
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
- **subdivision type1**: Oblasts of Ukraine, Oblast
- **subdivision name1**: Donetsk Oblast
- **subdivision type2**: Raions of Ukraine, Raion
- **subdivision name2**: Donetsk Raion
- **subdivision type3**: Hromada
- **subdivision name3**: Donetsk urban hromada
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1869
- **established title2**: City rights
- **established date2**: 1917
- **parts type**: #Government and administrative divisions, Districts
- **parts style**: list
- **parts**: List of 9
- **p1**: Budionnivskyi District, Donetsk, Budionnivskyi District
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Alexey Kulemzin
- **leader party**: installed by Russia; United Russia
- **area total km2**: 358
- **area metro km2**: 2895
- **elevation m**: 169
- **population total**: 901645
- **population as of**: 2022
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population metro**: 1,560,000
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 83000–83497
- **area code**: +380 622, 623
- **website**: (Russian city occupational administration)
- **p2**: Voroshylovskyi District, Donetsk, Voroshylovskyi District
- **p3**: Kalininskyi District, Donetsk, Kalininskyi District
- **p4**: Kyivskyi District, Donetsk, Kyivskyi District
- **p5**: Kirovskyi District, Donetsk, Kirovskyi District
- **p6**: Kuibyshevskyi District, Donetsk, Kuibyshevskyi District
- **p7**: Leninskyi District, Donetsk, Leninskyi District
- **p8**: Petrovskyi District
- **p9**: Proletarskyi District, Donetsk, Proletarskyi District
- **timezone**: EET
- **utc offset**: +2
- **timezone dst**: EEST
- **utc offset dst**: +3
- **blank name**: Licence plate
- **blank info**: АН
- **blank1 name**: Town twinning, Sister cities
- **blank1 info**: Bochum, Charleroi, Kutaisi, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Sheffield, Taranto, Moscow, Vilnius
- **blank2 name**: Köppen climate classification, Climate
- **blank2 info**: Cool-summer humid continental climate, Dfb
- **population demonym**: Donechchany () or Donchane ()
- **pushpin relief**: y