Zaporizhia Municipality
Zaporizhia Municipality Запорізька міська рада | |
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City council | |
Top: Preobrazhenskyi Bridge over Dnipro River; Leninskyi Avenue, Middle: Khortytsia Island, Bottom: Slavutych Arena; Zaporizhia Oblast Administration building | |
Zaporizhia Location of Zaporizhia in Zaporizhia Oblast | |
Coordinates: UA 47°50′16″N 35°08′18″E / 47.83778°N 35.13833°ECoordinates: UA 47°50′16″N 35°08′18″E / 47.83778°N 35.13833°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Province | Zaporizhia Oblast |
Admin. center | Zaporizhia |
Composition |
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Government | |
• Mayor[1] | Oleksandr Sin (PR) |
Area | |
• Total | 240 km2 (90 sq mi) |
Elevation[2] | 93 m (305 ft) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 810,620 |
• Density | 3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Postal code | 69000-499 |
Area code | +380 612 |
KOATUU | 2310100000 |
Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
The Zaporizhia Municipality (Ukrainian: Запорізька міська рада, Zaporiz’ka mis’ka rada; officially, Zaporizhia City Council) is a local government area that governs Zaporizhia, a city of regional significance located in southern Ukraine.[3] Its population was 810,620 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[3]
Government
The Zaporizhia Municipality (and the city of Zaporizhia itself), is governed by a mayor, who is elected every four years in local Ukrainian elections. The last election took place on 31 October 2010, and saw the election of Oleksandr Sin, Party of Regions member, as mayor.[1]
The municipality's legislative branch is the city council, which consists of 90 locally-elected deputies.[1]
Administrative divisions
The Zaporizhia Municipality contains a total of seven administrative raions (districts):[4]
- Zavodskyi District
- Khortytskyi District
- Komunarskyi District
- Leninskyi District
- Zhovtnevyi District
- Ordzhonikidzevskyi District
- Shevchenkivskyi District
The former urban-type settlement of Teplychne (Ukrainian: Тепличне) was previously a settlement council and an administrative unit of the Shevchenko Raion, although it was annexed to Zaporizhia's city limits based on a resolution of the Zaporizhia Oblast Council dated 23 April 2009.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Zaporizhia City Council". Local elections 2010 (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Zaporizhia (Zaporizhia Oblast)". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- 1 2 "City of Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "City of Zaporizhia (raions of cities)". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "Card of the resolution". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
External links
- "Main". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhia City Government. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- Media related to Zaporizhia at Wikimedia Commons