Donbas

The Donbas or Donbass is a disputed region in . The whole region is a war zone claimed by both and .
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  • Type: industrial region
  • Description: industrial region in southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia
  • Also known as: Donbass”, “Donets Basin”, and “Donetsia

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luganskoye and Lohvynove.

Village
Photo: Artemka, Public domain.
Luhanske is a rural settlement in , , eastern . It is located on the M04 highway, about 30 kilometres from . The population of Luhanske was 2,140.

Village
is a village in in of eastern , at 58.6 km NE from the centre of the Oblast administrative centre, , at about 4 km NW from .

Hamlet
is a village located in of , eastern . Administratively, it is part of Svitlodarsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Donbas

Latitude
48.4° or 48° 24′ north
Longitude
38.3° or 38° 18′ east
Open location code
8GWWC822+22
Wiki­data ID
Q605714
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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
  • Basque: Donbass
  • Belarusian: Данбас
  • Belarusian: Данецкі басейн
  • Belarusian: Данецкі басэйн
  • Belarusian: Данецкі каменнавугальны басейн
  • Belarusian: Данецкі каменнавугальны басэйн
  • Belarusian: Данецкі рэгіён
  • Belarusian: Данеччына
  • Bengali: দোনবাস
  • Bhojpuri: डानबास
  • Bhojpuri: डानबैस
  • Bhojpuri: डोनबास
  • Bhojpuri: डोनाबास
  • Bosnian: Donbas
  • Bosnian: Donjecki bazen
  • Breton: Donbas
  • Bulgarian: Донбас
  • Bulgarian: Донецки басейн
  • Catalan: Donbas
  • Catalan: Donbàs
  • Catalan: Donbass
  • Catalan: Donètsia
  • Central Kurdish: دۆنباس
  • Chinese: 頓巴斯
  • Chinese: 顿巴斯
  • Chinese: 顿巴茲盆地
  • Chinese: 顿涅茨
  • Crimean Tatar: Donbass
  • Croatian: Donbas
  • Czech: Donbas
  • Czech: Doněckij bassejn
  • Danish: Donbass
  • Dutch: Donbas
  • Dutch: Donbass
  • Dutch: Donetsbekken
  • Esperanto: Donbaso
  • Esperanto: Donec-Baseno
  • Esperanto: Donecbaseno
  • Esperanto: Donecka baseno
  • Esperanto: Donecka Baseno
  • Estonian: coal basin
  • Estonian: Donbass
  • Estonian: Donetsi söebassein
  • Estonian: Donetsi söekaevanduspiirkond
  • Finnish: Donbas
  • Finnish: Donbass
  • Finnish: Donetsin allas
  • Finnish: Donetsin laakio
  • French: Donbas
  • French: Donbass
  • Galician: Donbás
  • German: Donbas
  • German: Donbass
  • German: Donbaß
  • German: Donezbecken
  • German: Donezgebiet
  • German: Donezland
  • Greek: λεκάνη του Ντονέτς
  • Greek: Ντονμπάς
  • Hebrew: דונבאס
  • Hindi: डोनबास
  • Hungarian: Donyec-medence
  • Icelandic: Donbas
  • Ido: Baseno di Doneck
  • Indonesian: Donbas
  • Indonesian: Donbass
  • Interlingua: Donbas
  • Irish: Donbas
  • Italian: Bacino del Donec
  • Italian: Donbas
  • Italian: Donbass
  • Japanese: ドネツィア
  • Japanese: ドンバス
  • Kirghiz: Дон көмүр бассейни
  • Korean: 도네츠 분지
  • Korean: 돈바스
  • Korean: 돈바쓰
  • Kurdish: Donbas
  • Kurdish: Donbass
  • Lao: ດອນບັສ
  • Latvian: Donbass
  • Latvian: Doņecas reģions
  • Limburgan: Donbass
  • Literary Chinese: 頓巴斯
  • Lithuanian: Donbasas
  • Lombard: Donbass
  • Macedonian: Донбас
  • Macedonian: Донечки Басен
  • Malagasy: Donbass
  • Malay: Donbas
  • Malayalam: Donets basin
  • Malayalam: ഡൊനെറ്റ്സ് തടം
  • Manx: Donbas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Donbas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Donbass
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Donetsbassenget
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Donetsbekkenet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Donetsia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Donbas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Donbass
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Donetsbekkenet
  • Norwegian: Donbas
  • Persian: دنباس
  • Persian: دونباس
  • Polish: Donbas
  • Polish: Zagłębie Donieckie
  • Portuguese: Bacia do Donets
  • Portuguese: Donbas
  • Portuguese: Donbass
  • Pushto: دونباس
  • Romanian: Donbas
  • Russian: Донбасс
  • Russian: Донетчина
  • Russian: Донецкая земля
  • Russian: Донецкий бассейн
  • Russian: Донецкий каменноугольный бассейн
  • Russian: Донецкий край
  • Russian: Донецкий регион
  • Russian: Донецкий угольный бассейн
  • Serbian: Donbas
  • Serbian: Donjecki basen
  • Serbian: Донбас
  • Serbian: Доњецки басен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Donbas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Donečki bazen
  • Sicilian: Donbass
  • Slovak: Donbas
  • Slovak: Donecká panva
  • Slovak: Donecká uhoľná panva
  • Slovenian: Donbas
  • South Azerbaijani: دونباس
  • Spanish: Dombás
  • Spanish: Donbas
  • Spanish: Donbás
  • Spanish: Donbass
  • Swedish: Donbas
  • Swedish: Donbass
  • Swedish: Donbassbäckenet
  • Swedish: Donbassområdet
  • Swedish: Donets-kolfältet
  • Swedish: Donetsbäckenet
  • Swedish: Donetskbäckenet
  • Tamil: தொன்பாஸ்
  • Tatar: Данбас
  • Tatar: Донбасс
  • Thai: ดอนบัส
  • Tosk Albanian: Donezbecken
  • Turkish: Donbas
  • Turkish: Donbass
  • Turkish: Donets Havzası
  • Ukrainian: Донбас
  • Ukrainian: Донецька земля
  • Ukrainian: Донецький басейн
  • Ukrainian: Донецький край
  • Ukrainian: Донецький регіон
  • Ukrainian: Донеччина
  • Urdu: دونباس
  • Uzbek: Donbass
  • Uzbek: Donetsk toshkoʻmir havzasi
  • Venetian: Donètsia
  • Vietnamese: Donbas
  • Welsh: Y Donbas
  • Western Panjabi: دونباس
  • Yakut: Донецк таас чох бассейна
  • Yue Chinese: 頓巴斯
  • डोनबास

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Donbas”. Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.