Zaporizhia Oblast

Zaporizhia Oblast
Запорізька область / Saporiska oblast
Basic data
Oblast center :	Zaporizhia
Official languages :	Ukrainian , Russian
Residents :	1,775,800 (2014)
Population density :	65.33 inhabitants per km²
in cities :	75.8%
Area :	27,180 km²
KOATUU :	2300000000
License plate :	AP, KP
Administrative division
Rajons :	20th
Cities :	14th
managed by Oblast:	5
administered by Rajon:	9
Stadtrajone :	7th
Urban-type settlements :	23
Villages:	868
Settlements :	46
Contact
Address:	пр. Леніна 164 69107 м. Запоріжжя
Website:	Official website
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Statistical information

The Zaporozhye Oblast ( Ukrainian Запорізька область Saporiska oblast , Russian Запорожская область Zaporozhskaya oblast ) is an administrative unit ( Oblast of Ukraine ) in southeastern Ukraine . It has around 1.78 million inhabitants (2014). The Azov Sea forms the southern border of the oblast . The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast embraces the Oblast in the north and northwest. In the southwest the oblast borders on the Kherson Oblast , in the east on the Donetsk Oblast .

Zaporizhia Oblast Administration building

The license plates for the oblast are AP and KP.

Biggest cities

The capital of the oblast is the city of the same name, Zaporizhia , located in the northwest of the oblast on the Dnieper ( Ukrainian Dnipro ).

city	Ukrainian name	Russian name	Resident January 1, 2006
Zaporizhia	Запоріжжя	Запорожье	794.687
Melitopol	Мелітополь	Мелитополь	158,883
Berdyansk	Бердянськ	Бердянск	118,707
Enerhodar	Енергодар	Энергодар	54,402
Tokmak	Токмак	Токмак	34,471
Polohy	Пологи	Пологи	20,860
Dniprorudne	Дніпрорудне	Днепрорудное	20,224
Orichiw	Оріхів	Орехов	16,786
Vilniansk	Вільнянськ	Вольнянск	16,117
Huljajpole	Гуляйполе	Гуляйполе	15,801

See also: List of cities in Zaporizhia Oblast

Administrative division

The Zaporizhia Oblast is administratively divided into 20 Rajons and 5 cities directly subordinate to the Oblast administration. These are the cities of Berdjansk , Enerhodar , Melitopol , Tokmak and the eponymous administrative center of the oblast, the city of Zaporizhia .

Zaporozhye Oblast Rajons and their administrative centers

Map showing the Rajons of the Oblast

The Zaporizhia Oblast is divided into 20 Rajons:

Rajon		Administrative headquarters	surface
German name	Ukrainian name	transcription	km²
Berdyansk Raion	Бердянський район Berdjanskyj rajon	Berdyansk (city)	1,776
Huljajpole district	Гуляйпільський район Huljajpilskyj rajon	Huljajpole (city)	1,300
Yakymivka district	Якимівський район Jakymiwskyj rajon	Jakymiwka (urban-type settlement)	1,850
Kamjanka-Dniprovska district	Кам'янсько-Дніпровський район Kamjansko-Dniprovskyj rajon	Kamjanka-Dniprowska (city)	1,240
Bilmak district	Більмацький район Bilmazkyj rajon	Bilmak (urban-type settlement)	1,300
Melitopol district	Мелітопольський район Melitopolskyj rajon	Melitopol (city)	1,780
Mychajlivka district	Михайлівський район Mychajliwskyj rajon	Mychajliwka (urban-type settlement)	1,067
Novomykolaivka district	Новомиколаївський район Novomykolaivskyj rajon	Novomykolaivka (urban-type settlement)	915
Orichiv Raion	Оріхівський район Orichiwskyj rajon	Orichiw (city)	1,590
Polohy Rajon	Пологівський район Polohiwskyj rajon	Polohy (city)	1,340
Pryasovské district	Приазовський район Pryasowskyj rajon	Pryasowske (urban-type settlement)	1,947
Prymorsk Raion	Приморський район Prymorskyj rajon	Prymorsk (city)	1,400
Rosivka district	Розівський район Rosiwskyj rajon	Rosivka (urban-type settlement)	610
Zaporizhia district	Запорізький район Zaporiskyj rajon	Zaporizhia (city)	1,460
Tokmak district	Токмацький район Tokmazkyj rajon	Tokmak (city)	1,442
Chernihivka district	Чернігівський район Chernihivskyj rajon	Chernihivka (urban-type settlement)	1,200
Vasylivka district	Василівський район Wassyliwskyj rajon	Vasylivka (city)	1,620
Welyka Biloserka district	Великобілозерський район Velykobiloserskyj rajon	Welyka Biloserka (village)	470
Wessele district	Веселівський район Vesseliwskyj rajon	Wessele (urban-type settlement)	1,128
Vilnyansk Raion	Вільнянський район Vilnjanskyj rajon	Vilniansk (city)	1,280

Population development

Number of inhabitants

year	1989	1990	1995	1998	2001	2005	2008	2012	2014
Residents	2,081,800	2,091,600	2,094,800	2,022,200	1,948,600	1,877,180	1,832,888	1,791,668	1,775,800

nationality	Residents	1989 (%)	2001 (%)	Change (%)
Ukrainians	1,364,100	63.1	70.8	+ 4.3%
Russians	476,800	32.0	24.7	−28.2%
Bulgarians	27,700	1.7	1.4	−19.8%
Belarusians	12,600	0.9	0.7	−31.1%
Jews	4,300	0.7	0.2	−69.7%
Armenians	6,400	0.1	0.3	+ 155.0%
Tatars	5,100	0.3	0.3	−1.7%
Georgians	3,800	0.0	0.2	+ 320%

language

native language	1989 (%)	2001 (%)
Ukrainian	49.3	50.2
Russian	48.8	48.2

While official statistics show the proportion of Russian native speakers only at 48.2%, independent statistics indicate a far higher proportion of the population who prefer to speak Russian. Statistics from an institute in Kiev in 2004 showed that 81% of the region's residents prefer to communicate in Russian. Even based on the lowest estimates, Zaporizhia Oblast is one of the centers of the Russian language in Ukraine .

Partnerships

Zaporizhia Oblast has partnerships with the city of Chongqing , People's Republic of China (since 2002) and the city of Oberhausen, Germany.

Web links

Commons : Zaporizhia Oblast  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
2. ↑ http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/
3. ↑ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
4. ↑ http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/
5. ↑ http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/Zaporizhzhia/
6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Chongqing Municipal Government
8. ↑ town twinning. Retrieved April 30, 2018 . 

Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '  N , 35 ° 35'  E