Zaporizhzhia Raion
Zaporizhzhia Raion
Запорізький район | |
|---|---|
| Zaporizkyi raion | |
| Coordinates: 47°44′23.14″N 35°1′34.06″E / 47.7397611°N 35.0261278°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Established | 11 February 1939 |
| Admin. center | Zaporizhzhia |
| Subdivisions | 17 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Serhiy Semerenko |
| • Chairman | Oleksandr Polunin |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,674.61 km2 (1,804.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 840,866 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 70401–70454 |
| Area code | +380 61 |
| Website | zrda |
Zaporizhzhia Raion (Ukrainian: Запорізький район, romanized: Zaporiz'kyi raion) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeast Ukraine. Its administrative center is Zaporizhzhia. Population: 840,866 (2022 estimate).
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Zaporizhzhia Raion was significantly expanded. According to the 2001 census, its population was 54,804. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 56,364 (2020 est.).