page_title: Horlivka
section_title: Infrastructure and environment
hierarchical_section_title: Horlivka / Infrastructure and environment
caption_attribution_description: Загальний вигляд Концерну "Стирол" з боку Новогорлівки
context_page_description: Horlivka, also known by its Russian name Gorlovka or Gorlowka, is a city of regional significance in the Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. In 2001, the city's population was 292,000, which declined to 256,714 by 2013. Economic activity is predominantly coal mining and the chemical industry. The Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages has a two building campus in the city centre.
  The city was severely damaged during the War in Donbass and has since been mainly under control of pro-Russian forces. Suburbs of Horlivka stayed under Ukrainian army control.
context_section_description: Despite the fall of communism a statue of Lenin still stands in a central square bearing his name. Horlivka is well served by CNG-buses (see Natural gas vehicle), but much of the city's Soviet-era infrastructure shows signs of deterioration. By contrast, a number of modern shops and a new cathedral (completed 2014) in the town center indicate some rejuvenation.
  On the eastern side of Horlivka there is an abandoned chemical plant which used to produce toxic explosives and has been reported to be in a dangerous condition. Mining activity has resulted in large spoil tips being visible around the city, but a tree planting project and ongoing forestry maintenance has revitalised an area to the north.
  The city was severely damaged during the War in Donbass.
caption: Stirol chemical plant in Horlivka
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