Alushta Municipality

Alushta City Municipality Алуштинська міська рада
Municipality
Location of Alushta municipality in Crimea
Coordinates: 44°40′2″N 34°23′52″E / 44.66722°N 34.39778°ECoordinates: 44°40′2″N 34°23′52″E / 44.66722°N 34.39778°E
Country	Disputed:  Ukraine (de jure)  Russia (de facto)
Republic	Crimea
Subdivisions	List 1 city municipalities 1 town municipalities 5 rural municipalities ----- Total settlements: 1 cities 1 urban-type settlements 24 villages settlements
Area
• Total	600 km^2 (200 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	52,318
• Density	87/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	MSK (UTC+3)
Area code	380-6560-
Website	alushta.rk.gov.ru

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.

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 Partenit Bondarenkove (Qarabağ) Chayka 7 - Pryvitne village community Pryvitne (Üsküt) Zelenohirya (Arpat)

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Alushta:^[5]

• Äänekoski, Central Finland
• Santa Cruz, California, USA

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 6 May 2014.
5. "Suomen kaupunkiopas" (in Finnish). Kaupunkiopas.com. Retrieved 2015-12-01.