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Shchastia
Щастя | |
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 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[1] |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 11,411 |
| Area code | (+380) |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
| Climate | Dfa |
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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.