Zaporizhzhia Raion
{{Short description|Subdivision of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
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| native_name = Запорізький район
| native_name_lang = uk
| official_name = Zaporizkyi raion
| settlement_type = Raion
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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Zaporizhzhia Oblast}}
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts = 17 hromadas
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 11 February 1939
| seat_type = Admin. center
| seat = Zaporizhzhia
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| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Serhiy Semerenko{{cite web|title=Semerenko Serhiy Vasylovych|url=http://zrda.gov.ua/rajderzhadmnstraczya/kervnicztvo-rda/chuxraj-oleksj-volodimirovich|website=Official web-portal|publisher=Zaporizhzhia Raion State Administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|access-date=13 January 2015|language=uk}}
| leader_title1 = Chairman
| leader_name1 = Oleksandr Polunin{{cite web|title=Raion council|url=http://zrda.gov.ua/rajonna-rada|website=Official web-portal|publisher=Zaporizhzhia Raion State Administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|access-date=13 January 2015|language=uk}}
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| postal_code = 70401–70454
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| area_code = +380 61
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Zaporizhzhia Raion ({{langx|uk|Запорізький район|Zaporiz'kyi raion}}) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeast Ukraine. Its administrative center is Zaporizhzhia.{{cite web|title=Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=13.01.2015&rf7571=12258|work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|access-date=12 January 2014|language=uk}} Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|840,866|.}}
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Zaporizhzhia Raion was significantly expanded.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} According to the 2001 census, its population was 54,804. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|56,364|.}}
Geography
Zaporizhzhia Raion is located in the northeast portion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, surrounding the oblast's administrative center Zaporizhzhia.{{cite web|title=Main page|url=http://zrda.gov.ua/|website=Official web-portal|publisher=Zaporizhzhia Raion State Administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|access-date=12 January 2015|language=uk}} Its total area constitutes {{convert|1462.02|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. The Dnieper and Konka rivers flow through the raion.
History
The territory which is now the Zaporizhzhia Raion was first established as the Voznesenskyi Raion ({{langx|uk|Вознесенський район}}) on 7 March 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1926, it was renamed to the Khortytsia Raion ({{langx|uk|Хортицький район}}). From 1929 to 1930, it was named the Khortytsia German Raion ({{langx|uk|Хортицький німецький район}}). On 11 February 1939, the Zaporizhzhia Raion itself was created.
After World War II, the raion was disestablished, only to be recreated again on 14 January 1965.{{cite web|title=History of the region|url=http://www.zoda.gov.ua/article/478/istoriya-kraju.html|website=Official web-site|publisher=Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration|access-date=13 January 2015|language=uk}}
Government
Zaporizhzhia Raion is governed by the Zaporizhzhia Raion Council ({{langx|uk|Запорізька районна рада}}, {{lang|uk-Latn|Zaporiz'ka raionna rada}}), which consists of 38 locally elected deputies.{{cite web|title=Zaporizhzhia Raion Council|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A007?rdat1=13.01.2015&rf7691=10727|work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|access-date=15 January 2014|language=uk}} The raion is represented by the 82nd electoral district in Ukraine's parliament; its current MP is Maryna Nikitina of the Servant of the People party.{{cite web|title=Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Administrative structure of single-mandate constituency No.82|url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/WP025?PT001F01=910&PID100=23&pf7331=82|website=Extraordinary Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine 2014|publisher=Central Election Commission of Ukraine|access-date=14 January 2015|language=uk}}
Administrative divisions
{{See also|Administrative divisions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast}}
Zaporizhzhia Raion is divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government is also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions are subdivided into councils, which are the prime level of administrative division in the country.
Each of the raion's urban populated places administer their own councils, often containing a few villages and rural settlements within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural populated places are organized into councils, which also may contain a few villages and rural settlements within its jurisdiction.
Accordingly, Zaporizhzhia Raion is divided into:{{cite web|title=Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A008?rdat1=10.11.2009&rf7571=12258|website=Composition of an Administrative-Territorial Unit|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|access-date=13 January 2015|language=uk}}
- 3 settlement councils—made up of the urban-type settlements of Balabyne, Kushuhum, and Malokaterynivka
- 16 rural councils
Overall, the raion has a total of 71 populated places, consisting of three settlements, 61 villages, and seven rural settlements.
Demographics
In the 2001 Ukrainian census, the raion's total population was 54,804. The percentage of the population which indicated Ukrainian as their native language constituted 50.2 percent, compared to 48.19% for the Russian language.{{cite web|title=Distribution of population by native language, Zaporizhzhia Oblast|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/Saveshow.asp|website=2001 Ukrainian Census|publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine|access-date=15 January 2015|language=uk}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Zaporizhzhia Raion}}
- {{cite web|title=Main page|url=http://zrda.gov.ua/|website=Official web-portal|publisher=Zaporizhzhia Raion State Administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|access-date=12 January 2015|language=uk}}
{{Geographic location
| title = Administrative geographic location
| Center = Zaporizhzhia Raion
Zaporizhzhia Municipality
| North =
| Northeast = Vilniansk Raion
| East = Orikhiv Raion
| Southeast =
| South = Vasylivka Raion
| Southwest = Kakhovka Reservoir
| West = Tomakivka Raion
{{small|(Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)}}
| Northwest = Solone Raion
{{small|(Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)}}
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{{Zaporizhzhia Raion|state=expanded}}
{{Zaporizhzhia Oblast}}
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Category:Raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast