Alushta Municipality

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 but incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population: 52,318 (2014 Census).[1]

Alushta city council
Alushta City Municipality

Алуштинська міська рада
Municipality
Location of Alushta municipality in Crimea
Coordinates: 44°40′2″N 34°23′52″E
CountryDisputed:
RepublicCrimea
Subdivisions
Area
 • Total600 km2 (200 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total52,318
 • Density87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Area code380-6560-
Websitealushta.rk.gov.ru

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.

  • 1 - the city of Alushta
  • 2 - Izobilne village community
    • Izobilne (Körbekül)
    • Verkhnya Kutuzovka (Yuqarı Şuma)
    • Nyzhnya Kutuzovka (Aşağı Şuma)
    • Rozovyi
  • 3 - Luchyste village community
    • Luchyste (Demirci)
    • Lavanda
    • Semidvorye (Yedi Ev)
  • 4 - Malyi Mayak village community
    • Malyi Mayak (Büyük Lambat)
    • Vynohradnyi (Qastel)
    • Zaprudne (Degirmenköy)
    • Kyparysne (Küçük Lambat)
    • Lavrove (Kürkület)
    • Lazurne
    • Nyzhnye Zaprudne (Aşağı Degirmenköy)
    • Pushkine (Küçükköy)
    • Utyos (Qarasan)
  • 5 - Malorichenske village community
    • Malorichenske (Küçük Özen)
    • Heneralske (Ulu Özen)
    • Rybache (Tuvaq)
    • Sonyachnohirske (Quru Özen)
  • 6 - Partenit town community
  • 7 - Pryvitne village community
    • Pryvitne (Üsküt)
    • Zelenohirya (Arpat)

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Alushta:[5]

References
  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.
  2. Law of the Republic of Crimea #35-ZRK
  3. Law of the Republic of Crimea #15-ZRK
  4. Чисельність наявного населення України (in Ukrainian). State Service of Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. "Suomen kaupunkiopas" (in Finnish). Kaupunkiopas.com. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
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