Horlivka Raion

Horlivka Raion (Горлівський район; Горловский район) is a prospective raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was formally created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is in the town of Horlivka. Population: The area of the raion is occupied by Russia, which continues to use the old, pre-2020 administrative divisions of Ukraine. Prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, portions of the northern Maiorsk district of Horlivka were the only notable areas of the raion under Ukrainian government control.

Subdivisions
Raion consists of 9 hromadas:
 * Chystiakove urban hromada
 * Debaltseve urban hromada
 * Horlivka urban hromada
 * Khrestivka urban hromada
 * Shakhtarsk urban hromada
 * Snizhne urban hromada
 * Vuhlehirsk urban hromada
 * Yenakiieve urban hromada
 * Zhdanivka urban hromada