Zaporizhzhia Raion

Zaporizhzhia Raion
Запорізький район
Raion
Zaporizkyi raion
Flag of Zaporizhzhia Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Zaporizhzhia Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°44′23.14″N 35°1′34.06″E / 47.7397611°N 35.0261278°E / 47.7397611; 35.0261278
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Established11 February 1939
Admin. centerZaporizhzhia
Subdivisions17 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorSerhiy Semerenko[1]
 • ChairmanOleksandr Polunin[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total
4,674.61 km2 (1,804.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[4]
 • Total
840,866
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
70401–70454
Area code+380 61
Websitezrda.gov.ua

Zaporizhzhia Raion (Ukrainian: Запорізький район, romanized: Zaporiz'kyi raion) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeast Ukraine. Its administrative center is Zaporizhzhia.[5] Population: 840,866 (2022 estimate).[4]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Zaporizhzhia Raion was significantly expanded.[6][7] According to the 2001 census,[5] its population was 54,804. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 56,364 (2020 est.).[8]

Geography

Zaporizhzhia Raion is located in the northeast portion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, surrounding the oblast's administrative center Zaporizhzhia.[9] Its total area constitutes 1,462.02 km2 (564.49 sq mi).[5] The Dnieper and Konka rivers flow through the raion.[9]

History

The territory which is now the Zaporizhzhia Raion was first established as the Voznesenskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Вознесенський район) on 7 March 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

In 1926, it was renamed to the Khortytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Хортицький район). From 1929 to 1930, it was named the Khortytsia German Raion (Ukrainian: Хортицький німецький район). On 11 February 1939, the Zaporizhzhia Raion itself was created.[5]

After World War II, the raion was disestablished, only to be recreated again on 14 January 1965.[10]

Government

Zaporizhzhia Raion is governed by the Zaporizhzhia Raion Council (Ukrainian: Запорізька районна рада, Zaporiz'ka raionna rada), which consists of 38 locally elected deputies.[11] The raion is represented by the 82nd electoral district in Ukraine's parliament; its current MP is Maryna Nikitina of the Servant of the People party.[12]

Administrative divisions

See also: Administrative divisions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Zaporizhzhia Raion is divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government is also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions are subdivided into councils, which are the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban populated places administer their own councils, often containing a few villages and rural settlements within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural populated places are organized into councils, which also may contain a few villages and rural settlements within its jurisdiction.

Accordingly, Zaporizhzhia Raion is divided into:[13]

Overall, the raion has a total of 71 populated places, consisting of three urban-type settlements, 61 villages, and seven rural settlements.[13]

Demographics

In the 2001 Ukrainian census, the raion's total population was 54,804. The percentage of the population which indicated Ukrainian as their native language constituted 50.2 percent, compared to 48.19% for the Russian language.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Semerenko Serhiy Vasylovych". Official web-portal (in Ukrainian). Zaporizhzhia Raion State Administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Raion council". Official web-portal (in Ukrainian). Zaporizhzhia Raion State Administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Адміністративно-територіального устрою області" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ a b c d "Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  8. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Main page". Official web-portal (in Ukrainian). Zaporizhzhia Raion State Administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  10. ^ "History of the region". Official web-site (in Ukrainian). Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Zaporizhzhia Raion Council". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Administrative structure of single-mandate constituency No.82". Extraordinary Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine 2014 (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Composition of an Administrative-Territorial Unit (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Distribution of population by native language, Zaporizhzhia Oblast". 2001 Ukrainian Census (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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