Zaporizhia Municipality
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Zaporizhia Municipality Запорізька міська рада |
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Top: Preobrazhenskyi Bridge over Dnipro River; Leninskyi Avenue, Middle: Khortytsia Island, Bottom: Slavutych Arena; Zaporizhia Oblast Administration building
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 Zaporizhia
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| Coordinates: 47°50′16″N 35°08′18″E / 47.83778°N 35.13833°ECoordinates: 47°50′16″N 35°08′18″E / 47.83778°N 35.13833°E | |
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 Ukraine
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| Province | Zaporizhia Oblast |
| Admin. center | Zaporizhia |
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Oleksandr Sin (PR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 240 km2 (90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 810,620 |
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 69000-499 |
| Area code | +380 612 |
| KOATUU | 2310100000 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
The Zaporizhia Municipality (Ukrainian: Запорізька міська рада, Zaporiz’ka mis’ka rada; officially, Zaporizhia City Council) is a local government area that governs Zaporizhia, a city of regional significance located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 810,620 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.
The Zaporizhia Municipality (and the city of Zaporizhia itself), is governed by a mayor, who is elected every four years in local Ukrainian elections. The last election took place on 31 October 2010, and saw the election of Oleksandr Sin, Party of Regions member, as mayor.
The municipality's legislative branch is the city council, which consists of 90 locally-elected deputies.
The Zaporizhia Municipality contains a total of seven administrative raions (districts):
The former urban-type settlement of Teplychne (Ukrainian: Тепличне) was previously a settlement council and an administrative unit of the Shevchenko Raion, although it was annexed to Zaporizhia's city limits based on a resolution of the Zaporizhia Oblast Council dated 23 April 2009.
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