Svatove district (Svativskyi) is located in the northern part of Luhansk region, on the historical and ethnographic territory of Slobozhanshchyna. It borders Russia in the northeast.
The Krasna River (a tributary of the Siversky Donets) flows within the district. Another tributary of the Siversky Donets, the Zherebets River, also originates from a spring near the village of Stelmakhivka.
The administrative center of Svativskyi district is the city of Svatove. The area of the district is almost 5330 square kilometers. The population of the district barely exceeds 80 thousand people.
Svatove district consists of 181 settlements, which are united into 7 territorial hromadas: Svativska city hromada, Bilokurakynska, Krasnorichenska, Lozno-Oleksandrivska, Nyzhnyoduvanska, Tr ...