Alushta Municipality
Alushta City Municipality
Алуштинська міська рада | |
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 Location of Alushta municipality in Crimea | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′2″N 34°23′52″E / 44.66722°N 34.39778°E | |
| Country | Disputed: |
| Republic | Crimea |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Area | |
| • Total | 600 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 52,318 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Area code | 380-6560- |
| Website | alushta |
Alushta City Municipality (Ukrainian: Алуштинська міська рада, Russian: Алуштинский горсовет, Crimean Tatar: Aluşta şeer şurası), officially "the territory governed by the Alushta city council", also known as Greater Alushta is one of the 25 regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population: 52,318 (2014 Census).[1]
It is a resort region, located at the southern shore of Crimea - one of the most famous recreational territories of the former Soviet Union.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions of Russia, Alushta is, together with a number of urban and rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of republican significance of Alushta—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Alushta is incorporated as Alushta Urban Okrug.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Alushta is incorporated as the town of republican significance of Alushta.[4] Ukraine does not have municipal divisions.
Besides the city of Alushta the region includes the town of Partenit and 24 villages which are organized into 6 communities.
Former Crimean Tatar names which were officially changed in 1945-49 and are now used only by the Crimean Tatar community are mentioned in brackets.
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Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Alushta:[5]
Äänekoski, Central Finland
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Jūrmala, Latvia
Dzierżoniów, Poland
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Law of the Republic of Crimea #35-ZRK
- ^ Law of the Republic of Crimea #15-ZRK
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України (in Ukrainian). State Service of Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Suomen kaupunkiopas" (in Finnish). Kaupunkiopas.com. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
Places adjacent to Alushta Municipality | |
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