List of cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast explained

There are 14 populated places in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто|misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.[1] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.[2] [3] [4] As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence, the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital Zaporizhzhia, with a population of 817,882 people, while the least populous city was Molochansk, with a population of 7,964 people. The most recent settlement to receive city status is Enerhodar, which was granted the status by the Verkhovna Rada in 1985.[5]

From independence in 1991 until 2020, five cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining nine cities were located amongst 20 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.[6] [7] On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into five new, expanded raions.[8] [9] The five raions that make up the oblast are Berdiansk, Melitopol, Polohy, Vasylivka, and Zaporizhzhia.[10] [11]

After 24 February 2022, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces occupied three cities in Polohy Raion, and all cities located in the Berdiansk, Melitopol, and Vasylivka raions. In the oblast's occupied territory, de facto Russian officials have used the same five raions as Ukraine,[12] while Melitopol (the oblast's most populous city controlled by Russia) serves as the capital for the Russian administration.[13] As of 3 July 2024, 10 cities are occupied by Russian forces,[14] while two frontline cities (Huliaipole and Orikhiv) have been nearly destroyed by fighting and Russian shelling.[15] [16]

List of cities

Name!scope="col"
Name (in Ukrainian)Raion (district)Population
(2022 estimates)[17]
Population
(2001 census)[18]
Population
change
BerdianskБердянськBerdiansk
DniprorudneДніпроруднеVasylivka
EnerhodarЕнергодарVasylivka
HuliaipoleГуляйполеPolohy
Kamianka-DniprovskaКам'янка-ДніпровськаVasylivka
MelitopolМелітопольMelitopol
MolochanskМолочанськPolohy
OrikhivОріхівPolohy
PolohyПологиPolohy
PrymorskПриморськBerdiansk
TokmakТокмакPolohy
VasylivkaВасилівкаVasylivka
VilnianskВільнянськZaporizhzhia
ZaporizhzhiaЗапоріжжяZaporizhzhia

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: . uk:Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 . Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2022 . http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220912072600/db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf . 12 September 2022 . 3 February 2024 . db.ukrcensus.gov.ua . uk,en.
  2. Web site: Povalyaev . Ivan . 2023-07-31 . uk:Дерадянизація: в Україні скасували смт та міста районного чи обласного значення . De-Sovietization: Ukraine abolishes urban-type settlements and cities of district or regional significance . https://umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/0/180/177143 . 2024-05-20 . umoloda.kyiv.ua . uk . 2024-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520212850/https://umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/0/180/177143 . live .
  3. Web site: 2023-10-26 . uk:Закон України від 28.07.2023 р. № 3285-IX “Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України” . Law of Ukraine of 28.07.2023 № 3285-IX "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" . https://document.vobu.ua/doc/22325 . 2024-05-20 . document.vobu.ua . uk . 2024-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520070843/https://document.vobu.ua/doc/22325 . live .
  4. Web site: uk:26 січня набрав чинності Закон "Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України" . On January 26, the Law "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" came into force . https://jurliga.ligazakon.net/news/225200_26-schnya-nabrav-chinnost-zakon-pro-poryadok-virshennya-okremikh-pitan-admnstrativno-teritoralnogo-ustroyu-ukrani . 2024-05-20 . jurliga.ligazakon.net . 2024-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240314222629/https://jurliga.ligazakon.net/news/225200_26-schnya-nabrav-chinnost-zakon-pro-poryadok-virshennya-okremikh-pitan-admnstrativno-teritoralnogo-ustroyu-ukrani . live .
  5. Web site: Anikanov . H.M. . 2009 . uk:Енергодар . Enerhodar . https://esu.com.ua/article-17894 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230106134154/https://esu.com.ua/article-17894 . 6 January 2023 . 30 July 2024 . . uk .
  6. Web site: . uk:Кількість адміністративно-територіальних одиниць за регіонами України на 1 січня 2016 року* . Number of administrative-territorial units by regions of Ukraine as of 1 January 2016* . https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm . 21 June 2024 . ukrstat.gov.ua . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202059/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm . live .
  7. Web site: 16 October 1997 . uk:Про адміністративно-територіальний устрій України (Повторний розгляд з пропозиціями (вето) Президента України) . On the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine (Reconsideration with proposals (Veto) of the President of Ukraine) . https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 . 7 July 2024 . . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 . live .
  8. Web site: 23 August 2023 . uk:Про внесення змін до деяких законодавчих актів України щодо вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою Автономної Республіки Крим . On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/3334-20 . 2024-01-28 . . uk .
  9. Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів . On the formation and liquidation of districts . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text . 21 June 2024 . . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text#Text . live .
  10. Web site: Department of Information and Public Relations . 20 July 2020 . uk:Які громади входять у 5 новоутворених районів області . Which hromadas are included in 5 newly formed areas of the region . https://www.zoda.gov.ua/news/51259/yaki-gromadi-vhodyat-u-5-novoutvorenih-rayoniv-oblasti.html . 30 July 2024 . zoda.gov.ua . Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration . uk . 3 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803101537/https://www.zoda.gov.ua/news/51259/yaki-gromadi-vhodyat-u-5-novoutvorenih-rayoniv-oblasti.html . live .
  11. Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:Прийнято Постанову "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів" . The Resolution "On Formation and Liquidation of Districts" was adopted . https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/196122.html . 21 June 2024 . . uk .
  12. Web site: ru:Информация о Запорожской области . Information on Zaporizhzhia oblast . https://zapgov.ru/oblast/ . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330073611/https://zapgov.ru/oblast/ . 30 March 2023 . 8 August 2022 . zapgov.ru . ru.
  13. News: uk:Мелитополь стал столицей Запорожской области . Melitopol became the capital of Zaporizhzhia oblast . 3 March 2023 . https://ria.ru/20230303/melitopol-1855757173.html . . 23 September 2023 . ru .
  14. Web site: uk:Про затвердження Переліку територій, на яких ведуться (велися) бойові дії або тимчасово окупованих Російською Федерацією . On Approval of the List of Territories in which Military Operations are Conducted (Were Conducted) or Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation . https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 . 20 May 2024 . ips.ligazakon.net . 23 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240523220315/https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 . live .
  15. Web site: Oves . Kira . 15 February 2024 . Russia deliberately destroys a city in Zaporizhzhia region: how locals survive and what they say (photos, videos) . . 29 February 2024 . en .
  16. News: 10 March 2024 . A grinding, difficult war on Ukraine's southern front . . en .
  17. Web site: . uk:Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 . Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2022 . http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220912072600/db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf . 12 September 2022 . 3 February 2024 . db.ukrcensus.gov.ua . uk,en.
  18. Web site: 5 December 2001 . uk:Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України . The number and territorial distribution of the population of Ukraine . . . http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/publications/ . 2024-06-22 . 2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua . uk . To access the statistics, scroll down to the section titled "Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України" . Then, click on the linked text "Публікація у електронному вигляді" . This will download the statistics as a RAR file from which it can be accessed using RAR file converters such as 7-Zip.