List of cities in Ukraine
There are 461 populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 1 January 2022.[1] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.[2][3][4]
Smaller settlements are rural settlements (Ukrainian: селище, romanized: selyshche) and villages (Ukrainian: село, romanized: selo).
Historically, there were systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place as a misto or selo. In the past, cities were self-governing and had several privileges.[citation needed]
The list of cities is roughly ordered by population and the 2022 estimates are compared to the 2001 Ukrainian census, except for Chernobyl for which the population is an unofficial estimate. The cities with special status are shown in italic. The average population size is 62,000.[citation needed]
List of cities
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Controlled by Russia since the Russian occupation of Crimea.
- ^ De jure part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea since 2023 but de facto administered as a part of Sevastopol due to Russian occupation.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic since the War in Donbas.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ Classified as an urban-type settlement at the time of the 2001 census (granted city status on 18 November 2003).[5][6]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Controlled by Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic since the War in Donbas.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ Known as Teplohirsk at the time of the 2001 census (renamed in 2010).[5][7]
- ^ a b Includes population figures for Balaklava and excludes population of Inkerman city.
References
[edit]- ^ a b State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2022] (PDF). db.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian and English). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Povalyaev, Ivan (2023-07-31). Дерадянизація: в Україні скасували смт та міста районного чи обласного значення [De-Sovietization: Ukraine abolishes urban-type settlements and cities of district or regional significance]. umoloda.kyiv.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Закон України від 28.07.2023 р. № 3285-IX “Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України” [Law of Ukraine of 28.07.2023 № 3285-IX "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine"]. document.vobu.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-10-26. Archived from the original on 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ 26 січня набрав чинності Закон "Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України" [On January 26, the Law "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" came into force]. jurliga.ligazakon.net. Archived from the original on 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ a b c Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України [The number and territorial distribution of the population of Ukraine] (RAR). 2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. 5 December 2001. Retrieved 2024-06-22. To access the statistics, scroll down to the section titled "Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України" (transl. Number and territorial distribution of the population of Ukraine). Then, click on the linked text "Публікація у електронному вигляді" (transl. Publication in electronic form). This will download the statistics as a RAR file from which it can be accessed using RAR file converters such as 7-Zip.
- ^ Про віднесення селища міського типу Миколаївка Слов'янської міської ради Донецької області до категорії міст [On classifying the urban-type settlement of Mykolaivka of the Sloviansk City Council of Donetsk Oblast as a city]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 2003-11-18. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Про перейменування міста Теплогірськ Стахановської міської ради Луганської області [On renaming the city of Teplohirsk of the Stakhanov City Council of Luhansk Oblast]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 8 July 2010. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
External links
[edit]- 2001 Ukrainian census, Population Structure (in Ukrainian)
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine. "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021" [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of 1 January 2021] (PDF). db.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian and English). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2021.
- "Численность постоянного населения российской федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2021 года" [Resident population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2021] (in Russian). Rosstat. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021.
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