Tsentralnyi District, Dnipro

Urban district in Dnipro Municipality, Ukraine
Tsentralnyi District
Центральний район
Coordinates: 48°28′00″N 35°02′00″E / 48.46667°N 35.03333°E / 48.46667; 35.03333
Country Ukraine
MunicipalityDnipro Municipality
Established1932[1]
Area
 • Total10.403 km2 (4.017 sq mi)
Population
 (2001 census)
 • Total71,115
 • Density6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+380 562
KOATUU1210137500[3]
  1. Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi District
  2. Shevchenkivskyi District
  3. Sobornyi District
  4. Industrialnyi District
  5. Tsentralnyi District
  6. Chechelivskyi District
  7. Novokodatskyi District
  8. Samarskyi District

Tsentralnyi District (Ukrainian: Центральний район) is an urban district of the city of Dnipro, in southern Ukraine.[4] It is located in the city's center and on the right-bank of the Dnieper River.

History

The district was created in 1932 as the Tsentralnyi Nahornyi District.[1] on 2 December 1934, after the death of Sergei Kirov, it was renamed as the Kirovskyi District.[1] In 1936 the eastern part of district became the Zhovtnevyi District. In 1973 more territories of the Kirovskyi District were passed to the newly formed Babushkinskyi District. The district gained its current name, Tsentralnyi District, on 27 November 2015 when it was renamed as part of Ukraine's decommunization campaign.[5]

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[6]

Language Number Percentage
Ukrainian 26 332 37.03%
Russian 43 988 61.85%
Other[a] 795 1.12%
Total 71 115 100.00%
a Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b c "Historical Background of Tsentralnyj Raion". Official Internet-portal (in Ukrainian). Dnipro City Council. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Kirovskyi Raion". gorod.dp.ua/ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Kirovskyi District Council". Informational portal of the self-government in Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Rada.info. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Kirovskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, City of Dnipropetrovsk". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. ^ "In Dnepropetrovsk, the main highways and five districts of the city were renamed" (in Ukrainian). depo.ua. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).

External links

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Subdivisions of Dnipro
Districts
Coat of arms of Dnipro
Neighborhoods
Right-bank1
  • Chervonyi Kamin
  • Diivka
  • Komunar
  • Koreia
  • Krasnopillia
  • Mandrykivka
  • Myrne
  • Parus
  • Pidstantsiia
  • Peremoha
  • Sokil
  • Sukhachivka
  • Taromske2
  • Tsentr
  • Topolia
  • Zakhidnyi
  • 12th Kvartal
Left-bank1
  • Amur
  • Frunzenskyi
  • Ihren
  • Klochko
  • Livoberezhnyi
  • Nyzhnodniprovsk
  • Prydniprovsk
  • Samar
  • Soniachnyi
  • 1Non-administrative neighborhoods
  • 2Urban-type settlement until September 2001
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