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Zavodskyi District, Zaporizhzhia

Zavodskyi District, Zaporizhzhia

City district of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine


The Zavodskyi District (Ukrainian: Заводський район, Zavods'kyi raion) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhzhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 60,390 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[3] and 52,191 as of 2012.[2]

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Geography

The Zavodskyi District is named in such a way due to the fact that a large amount of the city's factories are located within its boundaries. The district is located in the northern portion of the city, on the left-bank of the Dnipro River. Its total area is 56 km2 (22 sq mi).[4]

History

On 23 May 1969, the Zavodskyi District was established out of a portion of the Ordzhonikidzevskyi District by a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (No.1901-ІХ).[4]


References

  1. "Zavodskyi District". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhzhia City Government. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. "Zavodskyi District, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, City of Zaporizhzhia". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. "Passport of the Zavodskyi District of the City of Zaporizhzhia". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhzhia City Government. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  • "Main". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Site of the Zaporizhzhia City Government. Retrieved 25 January 2015.



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