Yalta Municipality

Yalta City Municipality
Ялтинский городской совет
Ялтинська міська рада
Yalta şeer şurası, Ялта шеэр шурасы
Location within Crimea
Location within Crimea
Coordinates: 44°29′58″N 34°10′12″E / 44.49944°N 34.17000°E / 44.49944; 34.17000
Country Ukraine
RepublicCrimea
CapitalYalta
Subdivisions
List
  • 2 cities
  • 21 urban-type settlements
  • 1 village
  • 9 rural settlements
Area
 • Total283 km2 (109 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total133,675
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Dialing code+7 3654 1
Websiteyalta.rk.gov.ru
(1) except for the town of Nikita - calling code +380-6560

Yalta City Municipality (Russian: Я́лтинский городско́й сове́т; Ukrainian: Я́лтинська міська́ ра́да; Crimean Tatar: Yalta şeer şurası, Ялта шеэр шурасы), officially "the territory governed by the Yalta city council", also known as Greater Yalta (Russian: Большая Ялта) is one of the 25 regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine but forcibly incorporated into Russia after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014.

It is a resort region, located at the southern shore of Crimea – one of the most famous recreational territories of the former Soviet Union. Population: 133,675 (2014 Census).[1]

  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.