Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass is a disputed region in Eastern Europe. The whole region is a war zone claimed by both Ukraine and Russia.
- Type: industrial region
- Description: industrial region in southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia
- Also known as: “Bacino del Donec”, “coal basin”, “Donbaß”, “Donbassbäckenet”, “Donbassområdet”, “Donec-Baseno”, “Doņecas reģions”, “Donecbaseno”, “Donecka Baseno”, “Donecká uhoľná panva”, “Donečki bazen”, “Doněckij bassejn”, “Donets basin”, “Donets Basin”, “Donets-kolfältet”, “Donetsbassenget”, “Donetsia”, “Donetsin laakio”, “Donetskbäckenet”, “Donezgebiet”, “Donezland”, “Donjecki basen”, “Donjecki bazen”, “Zagłębie Donieckie”, “λεκάνη του Ντονέτς”, “Данецкі басейн”, “Данецкі басэйн”, “Данецкі каменнавугальны басейн”, “Данецкі каменнавугальны басэйн”, “Данеччына”, “Донетчина”, “Донецкая земля”, “Донецки басейн”, “Донецкий бассейн”, “Донецкий каменноугольный бассейн”, “Донецкий край”, “Донецкий регион”, “Донецкий угольный бассейн”, “Донецька земля”, “Донецький басейн”, “Донецький край”, “Донецький регіон”, “Донеччина”, “Доњецки басен”, “डानबास”, “डानबैस”, “डोनाबास”, “도네츠 분지”, “ドネツィア”, “顿巴茲盆地”, and “顿涅茨”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luganskoye and Lohvynove.
Luganskoye
Village
Photo: Artemka, Public domain.Donbas
- Categories: Ukrainian historical regions, disputed territory, region, and historical region
- Location: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.4° or 48° 24′ north
Longitude
38.3° or 38° 18′ east
Open location code
8GWWC822+22
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Donbas” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Donbas”
- Albanian: “Donbasi”
- Arabic: “دونباس”
- Aragonese: “Donbás”
- Asturian: “Conca del Donets”
- Azerbaijani: “Donbas”
- Basque: “Donbass”
- Belarusian: “Данбас”
- Belarusian: “Данецкі рэгіён”
- Bengali: “দোনবাস”
- Bhojpuri: “डोनबास”
- Bosnian: “Donbas”
- Breton: “Donbas”
- Bulgarian: “Донбас”
- Catalan: “Donbàs”
- Central Kurdish: “دۆنباس”
- Chinese: “頓巴斯”
- Chinese: “顿巴斯”
- Crimean Tatar: “Donbass”
- Croatian: “Donbas”
- Czech: “Donbas”
- Danish: “Donbass”
- Dutch: “Donetsbekken”
- Esperanto: “Donbaso”
- Esperanto: “Donecka baseno”
- Estonian: “Donetsi söebassein”
- Estonian: “Donetsi söekaevanduspiirkond”
- Finnish: “Donetsin allas”
- French: “Donbass”
- Galician: “Donbás”
- German: “Donezbecken”
- Greek: “Ντονμπάς”
- Hebrew: “דונבאס”
- Hindi: “डोनबास”
- Hungarian: “Donyec-medence”
- Icelandic: “Donbas”
- Ido: “Baseno di Doneck”
- Indonesian: “Donbas”
- Interlingua: “Donbas”
- Irish: “Donbas”
- Italian: “Donbass”
- Japanese: “ドンバス”
- Kirghiz: “Дон көмүр бассейни”
- Korean: “돈바스”
- Korean: “돈바쓰”
- Kurdish: “Donbas”
- Kurdish: “Donbass”
- Lao: “ດອນບັສ”
- Latvian: “Donbass”
- Limburgan: “Donbass”
- Literary Chinese: “頓巴斯”
- Lithuanian: “Donbasas”
- Lombard: “Donbass”
- Macedonian: “Донечки Басен”
- Malagasy: “Donbass”
- Malay: “Donbas”
- Malayalam: “ഡൊനെറ്റ്സ് തടം”
- Manx: “Donbas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donbas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Donetsbekkenet”
- Norwegian: “Donbas”
- Persian: “دنباس”
- Persian: “دونباس”
- Polish: “Donbas”
- Portuguese: “Bacia do Donets”
- Pushto: “دونباس”
- Romanian: “Donbas”
- Russian: “Донбасс”
- Serbian: “Donbas”
- Serbian: “Донбас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Donbas”
- Sicilian: “Donbass”
- Slovak: “Donecká panva”
- Slovenian: “Donbas”
- South Azerbaijani: “دونباس”
- Spanish: “Dombás”
- Swedish: “Donetsbäckenet”
- Swiss German: “Donezbecken”
- Tamil: “தொன்பாஸ்”
- Tatar: “Данбас”
- Tatar: “Донбасс”
- Thai: “ดอนบัส”
- Turkish: “Donbas”
- Turkish: “Donets Havzası”
- Ukrainian: “Донбас”
- Urdu: “دونباس”
- Uzbek: “Donbass”
- Uzbek: “Donetsk toshkoʻmir havzasi”
- Venetian: “Donètsia”
- Vietnamese: “Donbas”
- Vlaams: “Donbas”
- Welsh: “Y Donbas”
- Western Panjabi: “دونباس”
- Yakut: “Донецк таас чох бассейна”
- Yue Chinese: “頓巴斯”
- “डोनबास”
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