Yunokomunarivsk
Yunokomunarivsk (Ukrainian: Юнокомунарівськ, Russian: Юнокоммунаровск), officially Bunhe (Ukrainian: Бунге) is a city in Yenakiieve Hromada, Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 13,495 (2022 est.)[1], 14,154 (2013 est.)[2], 17,813 (2001).
Bunhe
Бунге | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Bunhe Location of Bunhe in Donetsk Oblast  Bunhe Bunhe (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°13′14″N 38°16′26″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Horlivka Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 13,495 |
| Climate | Dfb |
On 12 May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed Yunokomunarivsk back to its original name Bunhe ("Бунге" or "Бунґе" for a German surename: Bunge) to conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[3] As the Ukrainian government does not control the city, the old name is being locally used.
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
- Russian 88.45%
- Ukrainian 10.84%
- Belarusian 0.13%
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- "ВР перейменувала низку населених пунктів у зоні АТО на непідконтрольній Україні території Донбасу у рамках декомунізації". Інтерфакс-Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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