Industrialnyi District ( uk, Індустріальний район) is an
urban district
Urban district may refer to:
* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
Specific subdivisions in some countries:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...
of the city of
Dnipro
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
, in southern
Ukraine
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. It is located at the northern portion of the city on the left-bank of
Dnieper River
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along with the city's
Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi District
Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi District ( uk, Амур-Нижньодніпровський район; sometimes abbreviated as "AND") is an urban district of the city of Dnipro, in southern Ukraine.Samarskyi districts.
History
In the 18th century the area was inhabited by several villages, including one colony of German settlers called "Josefstad".
Since the 1950s the area has been expanded by industry and housing complexes. In the 1960s this led to the need to make the area a new urban district. The Industrialnyi District was created on 23 May 1969 by splitting away the eastern and northern parts of the
Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi District
Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi District ( uk, Амур-Нижньодніпровський район; sometimes abbreviated as "AND") is an urban district of the city of Dnipro, in southern Ukraine.heavy industry
Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); o ...
.
In 1977 the eastern outskirts of the Industrialnyi District along the
Samara River
The Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə) is a river in Russia and a left-bank tributary of the Volga. It flows into the larger river at the city of Samara. Its largest tributary is the Bolshoy Kinel. It is long, and its drainage basin ...
were transferred to the newly formed
Samarskyi District
Samarskyi District ( uk, Самарський район) is an urban district of the city of Dnipro, in southern Ukraine. It is located at the confluence of the Dnieper and Samara rivers in the eastern and southeastern parts of the city.
History ...
. The major factory of the district is the that is owned by the Ukrainian
Interpipe Group
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