Yalta municipality

Yalta municipality Ялтинська міськрада
—  Municipality  —
Location within Crimea
Country	Ukraine
Region	Crimea
Capital	Yalta
Subdivisions	List 2 cities 21 towns 9 villages
Area
• Total	283 km2 (109.3 sq mi)
Population
• Total	139,584
• Density	493.2/km2 (1,277.5/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+380-654 ¹
(1) exсept for the town of Nikita - calling code +380-6560

Yalta city municipality (Ukrainian: Ялтинська міськрада, Russian: Ялтинский горсовет, Crimean Tatar: Yalta şeer şurası), officially "the territory governed by the Yalta city council", also known as Greater Yalta is one of the 25 regions of Crimea. It is a resort region, located at the southern shore of Crimea – one of the most famous recreational territories of the former Soviet Union.

Places of interest

• Nikitsky Botanical Garden (Nikita)
• International children's centre of Artek (Gurzuf)
• Livadia Palace (Livadiya)
• Vorontsov Palace (Alupka)

Subdivisions

Besides the cities of Yalta and Alupka the region includes 21 towns and 9 villages which are organised into 7 town communities.

Former Crimean Tatar names which were officially changed in 1945-49 after the deportation of Crimean Tatars and are now used only by the Crimean Tatar community are mentioned in brackets.

• 1 - the city of Yalta
• 2 - Alupka town community
  • Alupka
• 3 - Foros town community
  • Foros
  • Melas or Sanatorne
  • Muhalatka
  • Mshatka
  • Oliva
• 4 - Gaspra town community
  • Gaspra
• 5 - Gurzuf town community
  • Gurzuf
  • Ay Danil or Danilovka (Ay Danil)
  • Krasnokamyanka (Qızıltaş)
  • Lineyne
  • Partyzanske
• 6 - Koreiz town community
  • Koreiz
  • Mishor (officially part of Koreiz)
• 7 - Livadiya town community
  • Livadiya
  • Vynohradne
  • Vysokohirne (Tüzler)
  • Hirne (Eriklik)
  • Kuybysheve (İsar)
  • Kurpaty
  • Oreanda
  • Ohotniche
• 8 - Massandra town community
  • Massandra
  • Nikita
  • Vidradne or Dzhemiyet (Cemiyet)
  • Voshod (Mağaraç)
  • Sovyetske (Dolossı)
• 9 - Simeiz town community
  • Simeiz
  • Kastropol or Berehove
  • Holuba Zatoka (Limena)
  • Katsiveli
  • Opolzneve (Kikineiz)
  • Parkove (Yañı Küçükköy)
  • Ponyzivka