Zaporizhzhia City Council

The Zaporizhzhia City Council (Ukrainian: Запорізька міська рада, Zaporiz’ka mis’ka rada) is a local government area that governs Zaporizhzhia, a city of regional significance located in southeast Ukraine.^[3] Its population was 810,620 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.

Zaporizhzhia City Council Запорізька міська рада
City council
Building of Zaporizhzhia City Council
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 Zavodskyi District Khortytskyi District Komunarskyi District Dniprovskyi District Oleksandrivskyi District Voznesenskyi District Shevchenkivskyi District
Government
• Mayor	Anatolii Kurtiev (Servant of the People)[1]
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	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	69000-499
Area code	+380 612
KOATUU	2310100000
Website	zp.gov.ua

Government

The Zaporizhzhia City Council (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.^[4][5]

The municipality's legislative branch is the city council, which consists of 90 locally-elected deputies.^[6]

Administrative divisions

The Zaporizhzhia City Council contains a total of seven administrative raions (districts):^[7]

• 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.^[8]

References

1. "Anatolii Kurtiev - Zaporizhzhia City Council". zp.gov.ua. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
2. "Zaporizhzhia (Zaporizhzhia Oblast)". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
3. "City of Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
4. (in Ukrainian) CVU Chairman: Klitschko won the most votes among the mayors of cities, Espreso TV (18 November 2015)
5. SUMMARY: Klitschko in the lead of Kyiv mayoral election, Filatov likely to become Dnipropetrovsk mayor – exit polls, Interfax-Ukraine (16 November 2015)
6. "Zaporizhzhia City Council". Local elections 2010 (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
7. "City of Zaporizhzhia (raions of cities)". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
8. "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