Shchastia

Shchastia

Щастя
Shchastia Щастя
City
	Shchastia
	Coat of arms
	Shchastia Shchastia
	Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 39°14′00″E / 48.7333°N 39.2333°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Shchastia Raion
Hromada	Shchastia urban hromada
Founded	1754
City Status	1963
Control	Russia
Population (2022)
• Total	11,411
Area code	(+380)
Vehicle registration	BB / 13
Climate	Dfa

Shchastia (Ukrainian: Щастя, lit. 'Happiness', pronounced [ˈʃt͡ʃɑsʲtʲɐ]; Russian: Счастье, romanized: Schastye) is a city and the de jure administrative center of Shchastia Raion of the Luhansk Oblast (province) in Ukraine. Population: 11,411 (2022 estimate).^[2]

The Luhansk power station, a large powerplant built in the 1950s, is located north of Shchastia. The town of Shchastia is situated on the Donets river. During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, the city became a key site of fighting.

^ ""Майже знищені". Щастя та Станиця Луганська на межі гуманітарної катастрофи — голова Луганської ОДА".
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.

[1] ""Майже знищені". Щастя та Станиця Луганська на межі гуманітарної катастрофи — голова Луганської ОДА".

[ua2022estimate-2] Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.

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