Simferopol City Municipality
Native nameСимферопольский горсовет
CountryDisputed:
RegionCrimea1
Parts stylelist
P 11 cities
P 24 towns
P 31 villages
CapitalSimferopol
Area total107 km²
Population as of213
Population total352363
Time zoneMSK (UTC+3)
Coordinates44.958239°N 34.109745°E
Dialing code+380-652
Websitesimgov.ru , de facto

Simferopol City Municipality (Ukrainian: Сімферопольська міськa рада; Russian: Симферопольский горсовет; crh: Aqmescit şeer şurası) is one of the 25 regions of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine currently occupied by Russia. Population:

Administrative divisions

The Simferopol City Municipality's territory is subdivided into 3 urban districts:[1]

Besides the Crimean capital Simferopol, the region includes:[1]

4 towns
1 village
[1]

History

The city was founded in 1784.[2] In 1921, Simferopol Municipality passed a resolution protesting against Russian agitation for pogroms against Crimean Jews in the Soviet Union.[3] In 2014, Simferopol Municipality was one of 25 regions in Crimea occupied by the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea. In 2018, the Russian-installed mayor of the municipality resigned, along with eight councillors, after being requested to by the Russian Republic of Crimea's State Council of Crimea. This was due to alleged mismanagement of the municipality's transport and waste management infrastructure.[4]

In July 2020, Ukraine conducted an administrative reform throughout its de jure territory. This included Crimea, which was at the time occupied by Russia, and is still ongoing as of October 2023. Crimea was reorganized from 14 raions and 11 municipalities into 10 raions, with municipalities abolished altogether.[1]

Simferopol Municipality was abolished, and its territories to become a part of Simferopol Raion, but this has not yet been implemented due to the ongoing Russian occupation.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Crimea - second order administrative divisions". Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  2. ^ "Российские города с греческими именами" (in Russian). Gazeta. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  3. ^ American Jewish Yearbook. Vol. 23. Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 206. ISBN 9780260378125.
  4. ^ "Russia-Installed Head Of Crimea's Capital Removed". Radio Free Europe. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів" (in Ukrainian). Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України. Retrieved 2023-10-16.