Saky Municipality

The Saky City Municipality (Ukrainian: Сакська міськрада, translit. Saks'ka mis'krada) is one of the 25 regions of the Crimean Peninsula, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The region is located on the western coast of Crimea on the Black Sea's shore. Its administrative centre is the city of Saky. In 2014, the population stood at 25,146.[2]

Saky City Municipality Сакська міськрада
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the municipality (dark blue) in Crimea
Coordinates: 45°08′01″N 33°34′38″E
Country	Disputed:  Ukraine (de jure)  Russia (de facto)
Location in Russia	Republic of Crimea
Location in Ukraine	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Administrative centre	Saky
Subdivisions	List 1 cities 0 towns 0 villages
Government
• City Mayor	Oleh Kliuy[1] (PR)
Area
• Total	29 km^2 (11 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	25,146
• Density	870/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Dialing code	+380 6563
Website	http://saki-rada.gov.ua

Unlike in the other regions and municipalities of Crimea which contain a number of other settlements under its jurisdiction, the Saky municipality only consists of its administrative center Saky.

Name

The Saky City Municipality is also known by its two other native official names; in Russian as Sakskiy gorsovet (Сакский горсовет), and in Crimean Tatar as Saq şeer şurası. Colloquially, the municipality is known as "the territory governed by the Saky City Council (Ukrainian: Сакська міська рада).

Administrative divisions

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Russia, Saky is, together with a number of rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of republican significance of Saki—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Saki is incorporated as Saki Urban Okrug.[4]

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Saky is incorporated as the town of republican significance of Saky.[2] Ukraine does not have municipal divisions.

Government

The Saky City Council's members are elected every four years, with 21 councillors elected in single-mandate districts, and 21 councillors in a multiple mandate district.[5]

Demographics

The Saky municipality's population was 28,522 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census and 25,146 in 2014 according to the 2014 Crimean Census.

The region's nationality composition results in the 2001 census were as follows:

• Russians—65.1 percent
• Ukrainians—24.3 percent
• Crimean Tatars—5.8 percent

All of the other nationalities took up the remaining 4.8 percent.[6]

References

1. "Saky City Council". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
2. Чисельність наявного населення України (in Ukrainian). State Service of Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
3. Law of the Republic of Crimea #35-ZRK
4. Law of the Republic of Crimea #15-ZRK
5. "Saky City Municipality". Official site of the Saky City Municipality (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
6. "Linguistic composition of the population". Main Department of Statistics of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

External links

• "Main". Official site of the Saky City Council (in Russian). http://saki-rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)