Zaporizhzhia
Запоріжжя | |
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| Ukrainian transcription(s) | |
| • National/"BGN/PCGN" | Zaporizhzhia |
| • ALA-LC | Zaporiz͡hz͡hi͡a |
| • Scholarly | Zaporižžja |
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  Zaporizhzhia  Zaporizhzhia | |
| Coordinates: 47°51′00″N 35°07′03″E / 47.85000°N 35.11750°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Zaporizhzhia Raion |
| Hromada | Zaporizhzhia urban hromada |
| Founded | 1770 |
| City rights | 1806 |
| Raions | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rehina Kharchenko |
| Area | |
| • City | 334 km2 (129 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,675 km2 (1,805 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • City | 710,052 |
| • Density | 1,365.2/km2 (3,536/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 840,866 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 69xxx |
| Area code | +380 61(2) |
| Climate | Dfa |
Zaporizhzhia[1][note 1] (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, IPA: [zɐpoˈriʒʲːɐ] ; Russian: Запорожье, romanized: Zaporozhye, IPA: [zəpɐˈroʐje] ), formerly known as Oleksandrivsk until 1921,[note 2] is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[2] Zaporizhzhia has a population of 710,052 (2022 estimate).[3]
Zaporizhzhia is known for the historic island of Khortytsia, multiple power stations and for being an important industrial centre. Steel, aluminium, aircraft engines, automobiles, transformers for substations, and other heavy industrial goods are produced in the region.
- ^ "Про затвердження транслітерації написання географічної назви міста Запоріжжя латиницею. Рішення виконавчого комітету №476". Zaporizhzhia city council. Executive committee. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) [1] Archived 6 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
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