Khortytskyi District

For the district formerly named as the Khortytsia Raion from 1926-1930, see Zaporizhia Raion.
Khortytskyi District
Хортицький район
Urban district

Administrative map of Zaporizhia; the Khortytskyi District is indicated by the number 6.
Khortytskyi District

Location of the urban district on a map of Zaporizhia Oblast.

Coordinates: 47°48′59″N 35°03′17″E / 47.81639°N 35.05472°E / 47.81639; 35.05472Coordinates: 47°48′59″N 35°03′17″E / 47.81639°N 35.05472°E / 47.81639; 35.05472
Country  Ukraine
Municipality Zaporizhia Municipality
Established 19 January 1995
Government
 • Deputy chairman Dmytro But[1]
Area
 • Total 18.81 km2 (7.26 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
 • Total Decrease 117,871
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 330123
Area code +380 61
KOATUU 2310137300
Website rada.gov.ua

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

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 Zaporizhia 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 our of a portion of the Leninskyi District by a decree of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Khortytskyi District". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhia City Government. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Number of the population of the City of Zaporizhia" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhia Oblast. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Khortytskyi District, Zaporizhia Oblast, City of Zaporizhia". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Territory Baburka" (in Russian). baburka.zp.ua. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decree No. 10/95-ВР: Про утворення Хортицького району в місті Запоріжжі (On the establishment of the Khortytsia Raion in the City of Zaporizhia). Adopted on 19 January 2005. (Ukrainian)


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