The Saky City Municipality (, translit. ''Saks'ka mis'krada'') is one of the 25 regions of the

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, internationally recognized as part of

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, but currently occupied by

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. The region is located on the western coast of Crimea on the

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's shore. Its

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is the city of

Saky Saky ( Ukrainian and ; ) is a city in Crimea. Although it is the administrative centre of the Saky Raion, it does not belong to the raion (district), serving instead as the center and the only locality of Saky Municipality. Population: Histor ...

. In 2014, the population stood at 25,146. 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 two other native official names; in

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

as ''Sakskiy gorsovet'' (), and in Crimean Tatar as . Colloquially, the municipality is known as "the territory governed by the Saky City Council" ().

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 A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

.Law of the Republic of Crimea #35-ZRK As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Saki is incorporated as "Saki Urban Okrug".Law of the Republic of Crimea #15-ZRK Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Saky is incorporated as the " town of republican significance of Saky". Ukraine does not have municipal divisions. AR Crimea 2020 subdivisions

2020 Ukrainian Administrative Reform

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. Saky Municipality was abolished, and its territories to become a part of Yevpatoria Raion, but this has not been implemented due to the ongoing Russian occupation.

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.

Demographics

The Saky municipality's population was 28,522 as of the

2001 Ukrainian Census The 2001 Ukrainian census 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 1989.2014 Crimean Census. The region's nationality composition in the 2001 census was: *

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

– 65.1 percent *

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

– 24.3 percent *

Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars (), or simply Crimeans (), are an Eastern European Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group and nation indigenous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted thousands of years in Crimea and the northern regions along the coast of the Blac ...

– 5.8 percent * All other nationalities – 4.8 percent.

References

External links

* {{Subdivisions of Crimea Municipalities of Crimea