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| Official name | Makiivka / Makeevka |
| Native name | Макіївка / Макеевка |
Country&
Oblast&
Raion | Ukraine&
Donetsk Oblast&
Makiivka City Municipality |
| Approx. Foundation | 1696 |
| City Rights | 1925 |
| Mayor | Oleksandr Maltsev |
| Total Area | 218.2 sq km (84.2 sq mi) |
| Population Total | 389589 (05-04) |
| Population Density | 1786 sq km (4625.7 sq mi) |
| Geocode | 48�05'0'N 38�04'0'E |
| Elevation | 169m (554.5 ft) |
| Postal code | 86100-86180 |
| Area code | +380 6232 |
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Makiivka, also spelled Makeevka (, translit. Makiyivka;, translit. Makeyevka; former names: Dmytriivsk, Dmytriyevskyi) is an industrial city located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast (province), 15.5 mi (25 km) from the capital Donetsk. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the city's population is 389,589 inhabitants, of these 178,475 (46 %) are men and 211,114 (54 %) are women. It is an important steel industry and coal mining centre of the country. Makiivka is a leading metallurgical and coal-mining center and has machinery and coking plants. Donetsk and Makiivka are so close together that it is hard to tell when one city ends, and the other begins.
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