Khortytskyi District

For the district formerly named as the Khortytsia Raion from 1926-1930, see Zaporizhzhia Raion.

The Khortytskyi District (Ukrainian: Хортицький район, Khortyts'kyi raion) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhzhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 122,575 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census,^[3] and 117,871 as of 2012^[update].^[2]

Khortytskyi District Хортицький район
Urban district
Administrative map of Zaporizhzhia; the Khortytskyi District is indicated by the number 6.
Khortytskyi District Location of the urban district on a map of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Coordinates: 47°48′59″N 35°03′17″E
Country	Ukraine
Municipality	Zaporizhzhia Municipality
Established	19 January 1995
Government
• Deputy chairman	Dmytro But[1]
Area
• Total	18.81 km2 (7.26 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Total	117,871
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index	330123
Area code	+380 61
KOATUU	2310137300
Website	w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=19.01.2015&rf7571=13151

Geography

It is named after the nearby Khortytsia island, a national cultural reserve. The raion is located in the southern portion of the city, on the right-bank of the Dnipro River, neighboring the villages of Baburka and Novoslobidka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.^[4] Its total area is 18.81 km² (7.26 sq mi).^[4]

History

The territory of the Khortytskyi District was first inhabited by German-speaking Mennonites settling the Chortitza Colony in the late 18th century. By the 1960s, the first residential neighborhoods were being constructed in the vicinity, which at the time administratively belonged to the city's Leninskyi District.^[4]

On 19 January 1995, the Khortytskyi District was established out of a portion of the Leninskyi District by a decree of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.^[5]