Zaporizhzhia Municipality
The Zaporizhzhia Municipality (Ukrainian: Запорізька міська рада, Zaporiz’ka mis’ka rada; officially, Zaporizhzhia City Council) is a local government area that governs Zaporizhzhia, a city of regional significance located in southern Ukraine.[4] Its population was 810,620 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[4]
Zaporizhzhia Municipality
Запорізька міська рада | |
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Top: Preobrazhenskyi Bridge over Dnipro River; Sobornyi Avenue, Middle: Khortytsia Island, Bottom: Slavutych Arena; Zaporizhzhia Oblast Administration building | |
Zaporizhzhia Location of Zaporizhzhia in Zaporizhzhia Oblast | |
Coordinates: 47°50′16″N 35°08′18″E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Province | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
Admin. center | Zaporizhzhia |
Composition | 7
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Government | |
• Mayor | Volodymyr Buriak[1] (Independent)[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 240 km2 (90 sq mi) |
Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 810,620 |
• Density | 3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 69000-499 |
Area code | +380 612 |
KOATUU | 2310100000 |
Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Government
The Zaporizhzhia Municipality (and the city of Zaporizhzhia itself), is governed by a mayor, who is elected every four years in local Ukrainian elections. The last election took place in 2015, and saw the election of independent candidate Volodymyr Buriak as mayor.[1][2]
The municipality's legislative branch is the city council, which consists of 90 locally-elected deputies.[5]
Administrative divisions
The Zaporizhzhia Municipality contains a total of seven administrative raions (districts):[6]
- Zavodskyi District
- Khortytskyi District
- Komunarskyi District
- Dniprovskyi District
- Oleksandrivskyi District
- Voznesenskyi 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 Zaporizhzhia's city limits based on a resolution of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council dated 23 April 2009.[7]
References
- (in Ukrainian) CVU Chairman: Klitschko won the most votes among the mayors of cities, Espreso TV (18 November 2015)
- SUMMARY: Klitschko in the lead of Kyiv mayoral election, Filatov likely to become Dnipropetrovsk mayor – exit polls, Interfax-Ukraine (16 November 2015)
- "Zaporizhzhia (Zaporizhzhia Oblast)". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- "City of Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- "Zaporizhzhia City Council". Local elections 2010 (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- "City of Zaporizhzhia (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 Zaporizhzhia City Government. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- Media related to Zaporizhia at Wikimedia Commons