The Zavodskyi District (, ) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

, located in southern

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. Its population was 60,390 in the

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. Its total area is .

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

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(No.1901-ІХ).

Gallery

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References

External links

* Urban districts of Zaporizhzhia States and territories established in 1969 1969 establishments in Ukraine {{Zaporizhia-geo-stub