List of cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=47.3822|long=34.9869|position=left|link=Dniprorudne}}
{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=47.4989|long=34.6558|position=left|link=Enerhodar}}
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{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=47.4628|long=34.4228|position=left|link=Kamianka-Dniprovska}}
{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=46.8403|long=35.3590|position=left|link=Melitopol}}
{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=47.2044|long=35.5958|position=left|link=Molochansk}}
{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=47.5694|long=35.7778|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg|link=Orikhiv}}
{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=47.4756|long=36.2761|position=left|link=Polohy}}
{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=46.7189|long=36.3567|position=left|link=Prymorsk}}
{{location map~|Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast|lat=47.2489|long=35.7031|position=left|link=Tokmak}}
|caption=Location of cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, with red dots indicating Russian-occupied cities and green dots indicating Ukrainian-controlled cities{{Cite web |last1=Barros |first1=George |last2=Stepanenko |first2=Kateryna |last3=Bergeron |first3=Thomas |last4=Mikkelsen |first4=Noel |last5=Mealie |first5=Daniel |last6=Belcher |first6=Mitchell |last7=Thacker |first7=Tom |title=Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/36a7f6a6f5a9448496de641cf64bd375 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=storymaps.arcgis |publisher=Institute for the Study of War & American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709205613/https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/36a7f6a6f5a9448496de641cf64bd375 |url-status=live }}|alt=Map of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine with post-2020 administrative divisions}}
There are 14 populated places in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status ({{langx|uk|місто|misto}}) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.{{Cite web |publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine |script-title=uk:Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 |trans-title=Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2022 |url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912072600/db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf |archive-date=12 September 2022 |access-date=3 February 2024 |website=db.ukrcensus.gov.ua |language=uk,en}} Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.{{Cite web |last=Povalyaev |first=Ivan |date=2023-07-31 |script-title=uk:Дерадянизація: в Україні скасували смт та міста районного чи обласного значення |trans-title=De-Sovietization: Ukraine abolishes urban-type settlements and cities of district or regional significance |url=https://umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/0/180/177143 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Ukraina Moloda |language=uk |archive-date=2024-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520212850/https://umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/0/180/177143 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |script-title=uk:Закон України від 28.07.2023 р. № 3285-IX "Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України" |trans-title=Law of Ukraine of 28.07.2023 № 3285-IX "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" |url=https://document.vobu.ua/doc/22325 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=All About Accounting |language=uk |archive-date=2024-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520070843/https://document.vobu.ua/doc/22325 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |script-title=uk:26 січня набрав чинності Закон "Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України" |trans-title=On January 26, the Law "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" came into force |url=https://jurliga.ligazakon.net/news/225200_26-schnya-nabrav-chinnost-zakon-pro-poryadok-virshennya-okremikh-pitan-admnstrativno-teritoralnogo-ustroyu-ukrani |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=jurliga.ligazakon.net |archive-date=2024-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314222629/https://jurliga.ligazakon.net/news/225200_26-schnya-nabrav-chinnost-zakon-pro-poryadok-virshennya-okremikh-pitan-admnstrativno-teritoralnogo-ustroyu-ukrani |url-status=live |language=uk}} As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence,{{efn|As of 11 July 2023{{Cite web |last=Rogoża |first=Jadwiga |date=11 July 2023 |title=Ukraine in the face of a demographic catastrophe |url=https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2023-07-11/ukraine-face-a-demographic-catastrophe |access-date=7 July 2024 |publisher=Centre for Eastern Studies |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620080210/https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2023-07-11/ukraine-face-a-demographic-catastrophe |url-status=live }}}} the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital, Zaporizhzhia, with a population of 817,882 people, while the least populous city was Molochansk, with 7,964 people. The most recent settlement to receive city status is Enerhodar, which was granted the status by the Verkhovna Rada in 1985.{{Cite web |last=Anikanov |first=H.M. |year=2009 |script-title=uk:Енергодар |trans-title=Enerhodar |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-17894 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106134154/https://esu.com.ua/article-17894 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |access-date=30 July 2024 |website=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine |language=uk }}
From independence in 1991 to 2020, five cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining nine cities were located amongst twenty raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.{{Cite web |publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine |script-title=uk:Кількість адміністративно-територіальних одиниць за регіонами України на 1 січня 2016 року* |trans-title=Number of administrative-territorial units by regions of Ukraine as of 1 January 2016* |url=https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=ukrstat.gov.ua |language=uk |archive-date=8 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202059/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=16 October 1997 |script-title=uk:Про адміністративно-територіальний устрій України (Повторний розгляд з пропозиціями (вето) Президента України) |trans-title=On the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine (Reconsideration with proposals (Veto) of the President of Ukraine) |url=https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine |language=uk |archive-date=8 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 |url-status=live }} On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into five new, expanded raions.{{Cite web |date=23 August 2023 |script-title=uk:Про внесення змін до деяких законодавчих актів України щодо вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою Автономної Республіки Крим |trans-title=On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/3334-20 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine |language=uk |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803084108/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3334-20#Text |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=17 July 2020 |script-title=uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів |trans-title=On the formation and liquidation of districts |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine |language=uk |archive-date=8 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text#Text |url-status=live }} The five raions that make up the oblast are Berdiansk, Melitopol, Polohy, Vasylivka, and Zaporizhzhia.{{Cite web |author=Department of Information and Public Relations |date=20 July 2020 |script-title=uk:Які громади входять у 5 новоутворених районів області |trans-title=Which hromadas are included in 5 newly formed areas of the region |url=https://www.zoda.gov.ua/news/51259/yaki-gromadi-vhodyat-u-5-novoutvorenih-rayoniv-oblasti.html |access-date=30 July 2024 |website=zoda.gov.ua |publisher=Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration |language=uk |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803101537/https://www.zoda.gov.ua/news/51259/yaki-gromadi-vhodyat-u-5-novoutvorenih-rayoniv-oblasti.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=17 July 2020 |script-title=uk:Прийнято Постанову "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів" |trans-title=The Resolution "On Formation and Liquidation of Districts" was adopted |url=https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/196122.html |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine |language=uk |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805131001/https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/196122.html |url-status=live }}
After 24 February 2022, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces occupied three cities in Polohy Raion and all cities located in the Berdiansk, Melitopol, and Vasylivka raions. In the oblast's occupied territory, de facto Russian officials have used the same five raions as Ukraine,{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Информация о Запорожской области |trans-title=Information on Zaporizhzhia oblast |url=https://zapgov.ru/oblast/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330073611/https://zapgov.ru/oblast/ |archive-date=30 March 2023 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=zapgov.ru |language=ru}} while Melitopol (the oblast's most populous city controlled by Russia) serves as the capital for the Russian administration.{{Cite news |script-title=uk:Мелитополь стал столицей Запорожской области |trans-title=Melitopol became the capital of Zaporizhzhia oblast |date=3 March 2023 |url=https://ria.ru/20230303/melitopol-1855757173.html |work=RIA Novosti |access-date=23 September 2023 |language=ru |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930220125/https://ria.ru/20230303/melitopol-1855757173.html |url-status=live }} As of 3 July 2024, ten cities are occupied by Russian forces,{{Cite web |script-title=uk:Про затвердження Переліку територій, на яких ведуться (велися) бойові дії або тимчасово окупованих Російською Федерацією |trans-title=On Approval of the List of Territories in which Military Operations are Conducted (Were Conducted) or Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation |url=https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=ips.ligazakon.net |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523220315/https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 |url-status=live |language=uk}} while two frontline cities (Huliaipole and Orikhiv) have been nearly destroyed by fighting and Russian shelling.{{Cite web |last=Oves |first=Kira |date=15 February 2024 |title=Russia deliberately destroys a city in Zaporizhzhia region: how locals survive and what they say (photos, videos) |url=https://tsn.ua/en/ato/russia-deliberately-destroys-a-city-in-zaporizhzhia-region-how-locals-survive-and-what-they-say-photos-videos-2514436.html |work=TSN.ua |access-date=29 February 2024 |language=en }}{{Cite news |date=10 March 2024 |title=A grinding, difficult war on Ukraine's southern front |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/10/a-report-from-near-ukraines-southern-front |newspaper=The Economist |language=en |access-date=30 July 2024 |archive-date=30 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730050414/https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/10/a-report-from-near-ukraines-southern-front |url-status=live }}
List of cities
File:Нічний проспект.jpg, capital and most populous city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast{{Cite web |date=9 October 2022 |title=Thirteen killed, dozens hurt in Zaporizhzhia city missile attack, Ukraine officials say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-17-killed-zaporizhzhia-city-shelling-local-official-2022-10-09/ |work=Reuters |language=en |access-date=30 July 2024 |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127011739/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-17-killed-zaporizhzhia-city-shelling-local-official-2022-10-09/ |url-status=live }}|alt=Arterial road at night between mid-rise buildings, street lights, and trees in Zaporizhzhia]]
File:Berdyansk The Heart Of Azov.jpg, a large port city on the Sea of Azov and the third most populous city in the oblast{{Cite web |date=24 March 2022 |title=Russian warship destroyed in occupied port of Berdyansk, says Ukraine |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60859337 |access-date=30 July 2024 |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324105130/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60859337 |url-status=live }}|alt=Bird's-eye view photo of Berdiansk, showing the industrial and residential areas and the adjacent Sea of Azov]]
File:Энергодар. Вид с трубы ТЭС.jpg, the oblast's fourth most populous city and site of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Christian |date=5 July 2023 |title=Ukraine warns Russia might attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. How worried should we be? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/05/europe/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-disaster-threat-explainer-intl/ |work=CNN |access-date=1 August 2024 |language=en }}|alt=Photo of Enerhodar from a bird's-eye view showing high-rise and commercial buildings and the surrounding forest]]
| class="wikitable sortable" id="Table of cities" caption="Tabulated list of cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine"
|+{{sronly|Cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast}} !scope="col"| Name !scope="col"| Name (in Ukrainian){{efn|Links to the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each city}} !scope="col"| Raion (district) !scope="col"| Popu{{shy}}lation !scope="col"| Popu{{shy}}lation !scope="col"| Popu{{shy}}lation |
| scope="row" align="left"|Berdiansk
|align=center| Berdiansk |align=right| {{nts|106,311}} |align=right| {{nts|121,692}} |align=right| {{change|106,311|121,692|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
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| scope="row" align="left"|Dniprorudne
|align=center| Vasylivka |align=right| {{nts|17,736}} |align=right| {{nts|21,054}} |align=right| {{change|17,736|21,054|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Enerhodar
|align=center| Vasylivka |align=right| {{nts|52,237}} |align=right| {{nts|56,242}} |align=right| {{change|52,237|56,242|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Huliaipole
|align=center| Polohy |align=right| {{nts|12,786}} |align=right| {{nts|17,077}} |align=right| {{change|12,786|17,077|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Kamianka-Dniprovska
|align=center| Vasylivka |align=right| {{nts|12,117}} |align=right| {{nts|15,522}} |align=right| {{change|12,117|15,522|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Melitopol
|align=center| Melitopol |align=right| {{nts|148,851}} |align=right| {{nts|160,657}} |align=right| {{change|148,851|160,657|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Molochansk
|align=center| Polohy |align=right| {{nts|6,099}} |align=right| {{nts|7,964}} |align=right| {{change|6,099|7,964|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Orikhiv
| Оріхів |align=center| Polohy |align=right| {{nts|13,896}} |align=right| {{nts|17,955}} |align=right| {{change|13,896|17,955|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Polohy
| Пологи |align=center| Polohy |align=right| {{nts|18,111}} |align=right| {{nts|22,206}} |align=right| {{change|18,111|22,206|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Prymorsk
|align=center| Berdiansk |align=right| {{nts|11,157}} |align=right| {{nts|12,973}} |align=right| {{change|11,157|12,973|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Tokmak
| Токмак |align=center| Polohy |align=right| {{nts|29,573}} |align=right| {{nts|36,275}} |align=right| {{change|29,573|36,275|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Vasylivka
|align=center| Vasylivka |align=right| {{nts|12,567}} |align=right| {{nts|15,592}} |align=right| {{change|12,567|15,592|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Vilniansk
|align=center| Zaporizhzhia |align=right| {{nts|14,324}} |align=right| {{nts|16,522}} |align=right| {{change|14,324|16,522|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Zaporizhzhia
|align=center| Zaporizhzhia |align=right| {{nts|710,052}} |align=right| {{nts|817,882}} |align=right| {{change|710,052|817,882|dec=2|align="center"|disp=out|invert=on}} |
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Cities in Zaporizhia Oblast}}
- [http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/results/total_population1/structure_population/ 2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure] {{in lang|uk}}
- {{Cite web |title=Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 |trans-title=Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2021 |publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine |website=db.ukrcensus.gov.ua |url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2021/zb_chuselnist%202021.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526125741/database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2021/zb_chuselnist%202021.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2021 |url-status=live |language=uk, en}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100716210539/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/a002 Regions of Ukraine and their composition] {{in lang|uk}}
- {{webarchive |date=2012-12-10 |url=https://archive.today/20121210043906/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1120760399&men=gcis&lng=en&gln=xx&dat=32&geo=-220&srt=1npn&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |title=World Gazetteer: Cities of Ukraine}}
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