Makiivka, also spelled Makiyivka is an industrial city located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast , 25 km from the capital Donetsk. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the city's population is 389,589 inhabitants, of these 178,475 are men and 211,114 are women. It is an important steel industry and coal mining centre of the country. Makiivka is a leading metallurgical and coal-mining centre 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. Makiivka comprises a total of 5 raions :... The city municipality of Makiivka includes also the following urban-type settlements : The mayor of the city is Oleksandr Maltsev who was born in 1956 in Makiivka.
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| Country: | Ukraine |
| Population: | 389,589 |
| Area: | 84.2 sq. mi. |