Khortytskyi District
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| Khortytskyi District Хортицький район |
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| Administrative map of Zaporizhia; the Khortytskyi District is indicated by the number 6. Administrative map of Zaporizhia; the Khortytskyi District is indicated by the number 6. |
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 Khortytskyi District
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Municipality | Zaporizhia Municipality |
| Established | 19 January 1995 |
| Government | |
| • Deputy chairman | Dmytro But[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.81 km2 (7.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Total |  117,871 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal index | 330123 |
| Area code | +380 61 |
| KOATUU | 2310137300 |
| Website | rada |
The Khortytskyi District (Ukrainian: Хортицький район, Khortyts'kyi raion) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 122,575 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census,[3] and 117,871 as of 2012[update].[2]
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Geography
It is named after the nearby Khortytsia island, a national cultural reserve. The raion is located in the southern portion of the city, on the right-bank of the Dnipro River, neighboring the villages of Baburka and Novoslobidka in Zaporizhia Oblast.[4] Its total area is 18.81 km2 (7.26 sq mi).[4]
History
The territory of the Khortytskyi District was first inhabited by German-speaking Mennonites settling the Chortitza Colony in the late 18th century. By the 1960s, the first residential neighborhoods were being constructed in the vicinity, which at the time administratively belonged to the city's Leninskyi District.[4]
On 19 January 1995, the Khortytskyi District was established our of a portion of the Leninskyi District by a decree of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.[5]
References
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- ↑ Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decree No. 10/95-ВР: Про утворення Хортицького району в місті Запоріжжі (On the establishment of the Khortytsia Raion in the City of Zaporizhia). Adopted on 19 January 2005. (Ukrainian)
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