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Zaporizhya

Запоріжжя (Zaporizhzhya)
Запорожье (Zaporozhye)
City of regional significance
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Metalurhiv Avenue, Khortytsya island and Zaporizhstal
Flag of Запоріжжя (Zaporizhzhya)  Запорожье (Zaporozhye)
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Coat of arms of Запоріжжя (Zaporizhzhya)  Запорожье (Zaporozhye)
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Zaporizhia Oblast (yellow) with the City of Zaporizhia (orange).
Zaporizhia Oblast (yellow) with the City of Zaporizhia (orange).
Zaporizhia is located in Ukraine
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhia
Location of Zaporizhia in Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°50′0″N 35°10′0″E / 47.83333°N 35.16667°E / 47.83333; 35.16667Coordinates: 47°50′0″N 35°10′0″E / 47.83333°N 35.16667°E / 47.83333; 35.16667
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Zaporizhia Oblast
Municipality Zaporizhia Municipality
Founded 952
City rights 1806
Raions
Government
 • Mayor Volodymyr Buriak (Independent)
Area
 • Total 334 km2 (129 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 757,650 [2]
 • Density 2,365.2/km2 (6,126/sq mi)
 • 2001 817,900
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 69xxx
Area code(s) +380 61(2)
Climate Dfa
Website http://www.meria.zp.ua/

Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запорі́жжя, translit. Zaporižžja, pronounced [zɑpoˈriʒːɑ]), or Zaporozhye (Russian: Запоро́жье [zəpɐˈroʐjɪ], transcript. Zaporozh'ye, formerly Alexandrovsk (Russian: Алекса́ндровск [ɐlʲɪˈksandrəfsk])) is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast (province). Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and serves as an administrative center of Zaporizhia Raion, though it does not belong to the raion. Currently the city is the sixth largest in Ukraine. Population: 757,650 (2015 est.).

Until 1921 the city carried the name of Aleksandrovsk after the name of a fortress that was part of the Dnieper Defense Line.

After the establishment of the Soviet regime in Ukraine, in 1921 the name was changed to Zaporizhia (Zaporozhye), literally meaning Trans-Rapids or beyond the rapids, alluding to the rapids which used to exist on the Dnieper River (Dnieper Rapids) at the time, before the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station in 1932.


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