List of cities in Crimea

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Cities in Crimea
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Location Crimean peninsula
Number18 [lower-alpha 1] (as of 2014)
Populations7,771–393,304

There are 18 [lower-alpha 1] populated places in the Crimean peninsula that are recognized as having city status. [4] [5] The territory of Crimea, including Sevastopol, has been disputed between Russia and Ukraine since Russia's covert invasion and internationally unrecognised annexation of the peninsula on 18 March 2014. [6] [7] [3] [8] [9] The region is recognised by most countries as Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as one of Ukraine's cities with special status while since its annexation, the region has been de facto governed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as a city of federal importance. [3] [10] [11] [12] As of 2014, the largest city on the peninsula by population according to Russia's post-annexation census was Sevastopol, with a recorded population of 393,304 people, while the peninsula's second largest city was Simferopol, with a recorded population of 332,317 people. [5] The least populous city on the peninsula was Alupka, with a recorded population of 7,771 people in the census. [5]

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In Ukraine, city status (Ukrainian : місто, romanized: misto) is granted by the country's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, to settlements of 10,000 people or more or to settlements of historical or regional importance. [13] [14] Following the occupation and annexation of Crimea, Russia recognised and maintained the existing status of the peninsula's 18 cities. [5] In 2019, Russian officials granted the settlement Balaklava, located in Sevastopol's Balaklava urban district, the status of a city although still keeping it as part of Sevastopol. [15] [16] Due to the international support for UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262, which recognizes Ukrainian sovereignty over Crimea and endorses a policy of non-recognition of Russia's occupation of the peninsula, the new city status is largely not recognised. [1] [3]

Following the passing of decommunization laws, the city Krasnoperekopsk was renamed in 2016 to Yany Kapu (its original Crimean Tatar name) for Krasnoperekopsk's connection to people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union. [17] [18] [19] Two cities on the peninsula (Kerch and Sevastopol) were awarded by Soviet officials with the honorary title Hero City of Ukraine in 1973 and 1965, respectively, for their resistance during the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II; the titles were renewed in 2022 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [20] [21]

Administrative divisions

Following Ukraine's independence and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the region's existing subdivisions were maintained, with the autonomous republic divided into 14 districts (raions) and 11 city municipalities (cities of regional significance).[ citation needed ] The territory of Sevastopol, which was governed separately from the rest of Crimea, also maintained its existing divisions; Sevastopol was divided into the four urban districts of Gagarin, Lenin, Nakhimov, and Balaklava.[ citation needed ] On 17 July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada passed a major administrative reform in Ukraine, decreasing the total number of raions throughout the country from 490 to 136 enlarged raions. [22] In Crimea, the autonomous republic's 11 city municipalities and 14 raions, in addition to areas administratively subordinated to Sevastopol (most notably Inkerman) although excluding Sevastopol city itself, were merged into ten reformed raions. [23] [24] [25] The ten enlarged raions that make up the territory of the autonomous republic are Bakhchysarai, Bilohirsk, Dzhankoi, Yevpatoria, Kerch, Kurman, [lower-alpha 2] Perekop, [lower-alpha 3] Simferopol, Feodosia, and Yalta raion. [25] Due to the region's continued occupation since 2014, the new raions have remained solely de jure and Russian officials continue to use the pre-reform administrative divisions.[ citation needed ]

For Sevastopol, following its occupation and annexation, Russian officials imposed its municipal framework on the city.[ citation needed ] Under Ukrainian law, urban districts generally have both administrative and municipal status while under Russian law, urban districts only have administrative status, with municipal powers typically given to municipal okrugs, which are subdivisions of urban districts.[ citation needed ] Russian officials maintained the four existing urban districts as solely administrative areas while further dividing each district into a total of nine municipal okrugs (excluding Inkerman, which remained within the city's Balaklavsky District but was not included in the boundaries of the okrugs).[ citation needed ] The municipal okrugs of each district are Balaklavsky, Orlinovsky, and Ternovsky for Balaklavsky District, Gagarinsky for Gagarinsky District, Leninsky for Leninsky District, and Andreyevsky, Kachinsky, Nakhimovsky, and Verkhnesadovsky for Nakhimovsky District.[ citation needed ]

List of cities

Cities in Crimea
NameName (on Crimean Tatar Wikipedia)Name (on Russian Wikipedia)Name (on Ukrainian Wikipedia) Ukrainian subdivision ( de jure ) Russian subdivision ( de facto )Popu­lation
(2014 census) [5] 		Popu­lation
(2001 census) [4] 		Popu­lation
change
Alupka Alupka Алупка Алупка Yalta Raion Yalta Municipality 7,7719,018
Alushta Aluşta Алушта Алушта Yalta Raion Alushta Municipality 29,07831,440
Armiansk Ermeni Bazar Армянск Армянськ Perekop Raion Armiansk Municipality 21,98723,869
Bakhchysarai Bağçasaray Бахчисарай Бахчисарай Bakhchysarai Raion Bakhchysarai Raion 27,44827,549
Bilohirsk Qarasuvbazar Белогорск Білогірськ Bilohirsk Raion Bilohirsk Raion 16,35418,790
Dzhankoi Canköy Джанкой Джанкой Dzhankoi Raion Dzhankoy Municipality 38,62243,343
Feodosia Kefe Феодосия Феодосія Feodosia Raion Feodosia Municipality 69,03874,669
Inkerman İnkerman Инкерман Інкерман Bakhchysarai Raion NA (administratively part of the federal city Sevastopol)10,34810,628
Kerch Keriç Керчь Керч Kerch Raion Kerch Municipality 147,033157,007
Krasnoperekopsk Yañı Qapu Красноперекопск Яни Капу [lower-alpha 4] Perekop Raion Krasnoperekopsk Municipality 26,26831,023
Saky Saq Саки Саки Yevpatoria Raion Saky Municipality 25,14629,416
Sevastopol Aqyar Севастополь Севастополь NA (city with special status)NA (federal city)393,304 [lower-alpha 5] 342,451 [lower-alpha 5]
Shcholkine Şçolkino Щёлкино [lower-alpha 6] Щолкіне Kerch Raion Lenine Raion 10,62011,699
Simferopol Aqmescit Симферополь Сімферополь Simferopol Raion Simferopol Municipality 332,317343,644
Staryi Krym Eski Qırım Старый Крым Старий Крим Feodosia Raion Kirovske Raion 9,27710,101
Sudak Sudaq Судак Судак Feodosia Raion Sudak Municipality 16,49214,495
Yalta Yalta Ялта Ялта Yalta Raion Yalta Municipality 76,74681,654
Yevpatoria Kezlev Евпатория Євпаторія Yevpatoria Raion Yevpatoria Municipality 105,719105,915

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Due to the continued international recognition of Crimea as sovereign territory of Ukraine and the non-recognition of Russia's jurisdiction over it, the United Nations General Assembly and most of the international community do not recognize administrative changes made by Russian-appointed officials in Crimea, including the granting of city status to Balaklava. [1] [2] [3]
  2. ↑ Previously known as Krasnohvardiiske Raion in Ukraine prior to 2016. Due to the occupation of the raion by Russian forces at the time of the renaming, the new name has only de jure status. [26] [27]
  3. ↑ Previously known as Krasnoperekopsk Raion in Ukraine prior to 2016. Due to the occupation of the raion by Russian forces at the time of the renaming, the new name has only de jure status. [26] [27]
  4. ↑ Transliteration of the Crimean Tatar name Yañı Qapu. Krasnoperekopsk in Ukrainian is Красноперекопськ. [26] [4]
  5. 1 2 Includes population figures for Balaklava and excludes population of Inkerman city. [5] [4]
  6. ↑ Spelled as Щелкино (with the letter ё written without diaeresis) in Russia's 2014 Crimean Federal District census. [5]
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 As of 2014, according to Russia's post-annexation census. [5]

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