Armiansk Municipality

Armiansk City Municipality (Russian: Армянский горсовет, Ukrainian: Армянська міськрада, romanized: Armianska miskrada, Crimean Tatar: Ermeni Bazar şeer şurası) is an administrative territorial entity of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Population: 24,415 (2014 Census).[1]

Armiansk City Municipality

Армянська міськрада
Municipality
Location within Crimea
Coordinates: 46°6′26.54″N 33°41′30.9″E
CountryDisputed:
RepublicCrimea
CapitalArmianks
Subdivisions
List
  • 1 cities
  • 0 towns
  • 3 villages
Area
 • Total162 km2 (63 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total24,415
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Dialing code+380-6567
Websitearmyansk.rk.gov.ru

It is one of the smallest regions of the republic, located on the Isthmus of Perekop and is the main part of the peninsula that connects to mainland Ukraine.

Economy and Industry

The main employer in the city and the area is Crimean Titan (Russian: Крымский Титан ; Ukrainian Кримський Титан ), which specializes in the refining of Titanium dioxide for use in paints, plastics, and other products.

Administrative divisions

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Russia, Armiansk is, together with a number of rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of republican significance of Armiansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Armiansk is incorporated as Armiansk Urban Okrug.[3]

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Armiansk is incorporated as the town of republican significance of Armiansk.[4] Ukraine does not have municipal divisions different from the administrative ones: local government in Ukraine is part of the state governmental hierarchy.

The region includes the city of Armiansk and 3 villages (Crimean Tatar names are mentioned in brackets):

  • Suvorove (Culğa)
  • Voloshyne (Qulla)
  • Perekop (Or Qapı)

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. Retrieved 8 August 2014.


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