Novoaidar

Novoaidar (Ukrainian: Новоайдар, Russian: Новоайдар) is an urban-type settlement which serves as the administrative center of Shchastya Raion of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located in the center of the Oblast, east of Sievierodonetsk. [[Population: 8,005 (2020 est.)[1] .

Novoaidar Новоайдар
Urban-type settlement
Novoaidar Location in Luhansk Oblast Novoaidar Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°58′18″N 39°00′21″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Shchastya Raion
Population  (2020)
• Total	8,005[1]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Until July 2020, Novoaidar served as the center of Novoaidar Raion.[1] As the result of the 2020 reform of the administrative divisions of Ukraine, in July 2020, the number of raions (districts) in Luhansk Oblasts was reduced to six, and Shchastya Raion was created.[2][3]

Economy

Transportation

Novoaidar is on Highway H21 which connects Starobilsk and Luhansk, however, the section between Shchastya and Luhansk, south of Novoaidar, is controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic, and free movement from Novoaidar to Luhansk is impossible.

There is a railway line in Novoaidar, which is currently disconnected from the rest of the railway network in Ukraine. To the south, it extends to Kondrashivska Nova, in Stanytsia Luhanska, and to the north it runs to Starobilsk, crosses the border to Russia, and further runs to Valuyki. In Novoaodar, there are three railway stations: Noviy Aidar, 920 km, and Marsivskyi. There is infrequent passenger traffic between Kondrashivska Nova and Lantrativka.

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). July 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.