The Zavodskyi District ( uk, Заводський район, ) is one of seven administrative
urban districts (raions) of the city of
Zaporizhzhia, located in southern
Ukraine. Its population was 60,390 in the
2001 Ukrainian Census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. ,
and 52,191 .
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Geography
The Zavodskyi District is named in such a way due to the fact that a large amount of the city's factories are located within its boundaries. The district is located in the northern portion of the city, on the left-bank of the Dnipro River
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History
On 23 May 1969, the Zavodskyi District was established out of a portion of the Ordzhonikidzevskyi District by a decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (No.1901-ІХ).[
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Gallery
File:Industry in Zaporizhia, 2007.JPG, Industry
File:Masttripel in Zaporizhia 1.jpg, Industry
File:ZaporizhiaZavody.jpg, View of the district from the right-bank
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Urban districts of Zaporizhzhia
States and territories established in 1969
1969 establishments in Ukraine
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