Donetska Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. Its capital is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region. Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Ukrainian is an East Slavic language, one of three members of this language group, the other two being Russian and Belarusian. ... An oblast (Russian, Ukrainian: о́бласть) is a name for the subnational entity of Bulgaria, Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union. ... Ukraine (Україна, Ukrayina in Ukrainian; Украина in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Categories: Stub | Cities in Ukraine ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Ukraine | Ukrainian historical regions ...

The oblast's area of 26,500 km² is equivalent to 4.4% of the territory of Ukraine. Its population (as of 2004) is 4.7 million constitutes 10% of the overall Ukrainian population, making it the most populous and most densely populated region of the country. Its large population is due to the presence of several big industrial cities and numerous villages agglomerated around them (see urbanization). An industry is generally any grouping of businesses that share a common method of generating profits, such as the movie industry, the automobile industry, or the cattle industry. It is also used specifically to refer to an area of economic production focused on manufacturing which involves large amounts of upfront... Urbanization is the expansion of a city, namely the proportion of total population or area in urban localities or areas (cities and towns), or the increase of this proportion over time. ...

A referendum which was to be held on 2005-01-09 to determine whether this oblast shall be granted the status of an autonomous republic inside Ukraine was cancelled after the rerun of the 2004 presidential elections. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Important cities include:

• Horlivka
• Kramatorsk
• Makiivka
• Mariupol
• Yenakiieve

Mariupol is a city in the Ukraine. ... Yenakiieve (Єнакієве, also Yenakiyeve, Russian: Yenakiyevo) is a city in the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, located on the Krynka river. ...