Saky Municipality Explained

Saky City Municipality
Native Name:Сакська міськрада
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:45.1336°N 33.5772°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Location in Russia
Subdivision Name1: Republic of Crimea
Subdivision Type2:Location in Ukraine
Subdivision Name2: Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Seat Type:Administrative centre
Seat:Saky
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:list
P1:1 cities
P2:0 towns
P3:0 villages
Leader Party:PR
Leader Title:City Mayor
Leader Name:Oleh Kliuy[1]
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:29
Population Total:25,146
Population As Of:2014
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:+380 6563

The Saky City Municipality (Ukrainian: Сакська міськрада, translit. Saks'ka mis'krada) is one of the 25 regions of the Crimean Peninsula, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but currently occupied by Russia. The region is located on the western coast of Crimea on the Black Sea's shore. Its administrative centre is the city of Saky. In 2014, the population stood at 25,146.

Unlike in the other regions and municipalities of Crimea which contain a number of other settlements under its jurisdiction, the Saky municipality only consists of its administrative center Saky.

Name

The Saky City Municipality is also known by two other native official names; in Russian as Sakskiy gorsovet (Russian: Сакский горсовет), and in Crimean Tatar as Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Saq şeer şurası. Colloquially, the municipality is known as "the territory governed by the Saky City Council" (Ukrainian: Сакська міська рада).

Administrative divisions

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Russia, Saky is, together with a number of rural localities, incorporated separately as the "town of republican significance of Saki"—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Saki is incorporated as "Saki Urban Okrug".[3]

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Saky is incorporated as the "town of republican significance of Saky".[4] Ukraine does not have municipal divisions.

2020 Ukrainian Administrative Reform

See also: Administrative divisions of Crimea. In July 2020, Ukraine conducted an administrative reform throughout its de jure territory. This included Crimea, which was at the time occupied by Russia, and is still ongoing as of October 2023. Crimea was reorganized from 14 raions and 11 municipalities into 10 raions, with municipalities abolished altogether.

Saky Municipality was abolished, and its territories to become a part of Yevpatoria Raion, but this has not been implemented due to the ongoing Russian occupation.[5]

Government

The Saky City Council's members are elected every four years, with 21 councillors elected in single-mandate districts, and 21 councillors in a multiple mandate district.[6]

Demographics

The Saky municipality's population was 28,522 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census and 25,146 in 2014 according to the 2014 Crimean Census.

The region's nationality composition in the 2001 census was:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saky City Council. Regions of Ukraine and their Structure. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 7 July 2013. Ukrainian.
  2. Law of the Republic of Crimea #35-ZRK
  3. Law of the Republic of Crimea #15-ZRK
  4. Web site: http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/popul_eng.htm. uk:Чисельність наявного населення України. State Service of Statistics. Ukrainian. 8 August 2014.
  5. Web site: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів . 2023-10-16 . Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України . uk.
  6. Web site: Saky City Municipality. Official site of the Saky City Municipality. 7 July 2013. Russian. dead. https://archive.today/20130708060907/http://saki-rada.gov.ua/index.php?page_id=261. 8 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Linguistic composition of the population . Main Department of Statistics of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. 7 July 2013 . Russian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130702073211/http://sf.ukrstat.gov.ua/perepis1.htm#_jaz. 2 July 2013.