The Zaporizhzhia City Council (Ukrainian: Запорізька міська рада, Zaporiz’ka mis’ka rada) is a local government area that governs Zaporizhzhia, a city of regional significance located in southeast Ukraine.[3] Its population was 810,620 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.
Zaporizhzhia City Council
Запорізька міська рада | |
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City council | |
Building of Zaporizhzhia City Council | |
Zaporizhzhia Location of Zaporizhzhia in Zaporizhzhia Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′16″N 35°08′18″E | |
| Country | |
| Province | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Admin. center | Zaporizhzhia |
| Composition | 7
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Anatolii Kurtiev (Servant of the People)[1] |
| 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 | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 69000-499 |
| Area code | +380 612 |
| KOATUU | 2310100000 |
| Website | zp |
The Zaporizhzhia City Council (and the city of Zaporizhzhia itself), is governed by a mayor, who is elected every four years in local Ukrainian elections. The last election took place in 2015, and saw the election of independent candidate Volodymyr Buriak as mayor.[4][5]
The municipality's legislative branch is the city council, which consists of 90 locally-elected deputies.[6]
The Zaporizhzhia City Council contains a total of seven administrative raions (districts):[7]
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 Zaporizhzhia's city limits based on a resolution of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council dated 23 April 2009.[8]
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Administrative center: Zaporizhzhia | ||
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