Komunarskyi District

Komunarskyi District Комунарський район
Urban district
Administrative map of Zaporizhia; the Komunarskyi District is indicated by the number 3.
Komunarskyi District Location of the urban district on a map of Zaporizhia Oblast.
Coordinates: 47°46′37″N 35°11′21″E / 47.77694°N 35.18917°ECoordinates: 47°46′37″N 35°11′21″E / 47.77694°N 35.18917°E
Country	Ukraine
Municipality	Zaporizhia Municipality
Established	6 April 1977
Government
• Chairman	Vasyl Yakovenko[1]
Area
• Total	61 km^2 (24 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
• Total	134,465
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	330104
Area code	+380 61
KOATUU	2310136700
Website	rada.gov.ua

The Komunarskyi District (Ukrainian: Комунарський район, Komunars'kyi raion) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 139,222 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census,^[3] and 134,465 as of 2012.^[2]

The raion contains the informal Pivdennyi (Southern) and Kosmichnyi (Cosmic) residential neighborhoods within its boundaries.

Geography

The Komunarskyi District is named after the former Komunar factory (currently, the Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant) which is located within the district's boundaries. The district is located in the southeastern portion of the city, on the left-bank of the Dnipro River, just north of the urban-type settlement of Balabyne, Zaporizhia Oblast. Its total area is 61 km² (24 sq mi).^[4]

History

On 6 April 1977, the Komunarskyi District was established out of a portion of the Zhovtnevyi District by a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (No.1901-ІХ).^[4]

References

1. "Komunarskyi District". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhia City Government. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
2. "Number of the population of the City of Zaporizhia" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhia Oblast. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
3. "Komunarskyi District, Zaporizhia Oblast, City of Zaporizhia". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
4. "Passport of the Komunarskyi District of the City of Zaporizhia". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhia City Government. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

External links

• "Main". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhia City Government. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
• "Pages of history of the Komunarskyi District" (in Ukrainian). Territorial Department of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Komunarskyi Raion. Retrieved 19 January 2015.