Tsentralnyi District, Dnipro

The Tsentralnyi District (Ukrainian: Центральний район [uk]) is an urban district of the city of Dnipro, in southern Ukraine.^[4] It is located in the city's center and on the right-bank of the Dnieper River.

Tsentralnyi District Центральний район
Urban district
Coordinates: 48°28′00″N 35°02′00″E
Country	Ukraine
City	Dnipro
Established	1932[1]
Area [2]
• Total	10.403 km2 (4.017 sq mi)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	71,115
• Density	6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	+380 562
KOATUU	1210137500[3]

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History

The district was created in 1932 as the Tsentralnyi Nahornyi District.^[1] on 2 December 1934, after the death of Sergei Kirov, it was renamed as the Kirovskyi District.^[1] In 1936 the eastern part of district became the Zhovtnevyi District. In 1973 more territories of the Kirovskyi District were passed to the newly formed Babushkinskyi District. The district gained its current name, Tsentralnyi District, on 27 November 2015 when it was renamed as part of Ukraine's decommunization campaign.^[5]

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:^[6]

Language	Number	Percentage
Ukrainian	26 332	37.03%
Russian	43 988	61.85%
Other[a]	795	1.12%
Total	71 115	100.00%

a Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population.

Gallery

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  Lazar Hloba Park in Tsentralnyi District
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  Modern buildings in central part of Dnipro
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  National academic Theatre of opera and ballet
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  Dnipro railway station and surrounding buildings
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  Stalinist architecture on the Dmytro Yavornytsky Avenue [uk; ru; de]