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List of cities in Crimea

There are 18[a] populated places in the Crimean peninsula that are recognized as having city status.[4][5] The territory of Crimea, including Sevastopol, has been disputed between Russia and Ukraine since Russia's covert invasion and internationally unrecognised annexation of the peninsula on 18 March 2014.[6][7][3][8][9] The region is recognised by most countries as Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as one of Ukraine's cities with special status while since its annexation, the region has been de facto governed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as a city of federal importance.[3][10][11][12] As of 2014, the largest city on the peninsula by population according to Russia's post-annexation census was Sevastopol, with a recorded population of 393,304 people, while the peninsula's second largest city was Simferopol, with a recorded population of 332,317 people.[5] The least populous city on the peninsula was Alupka, with a recorded population of 7,771 people in the census.[5]

Cities in Crimea
LocationCrimean peninsula
Number18[a] (as of 2014)
Populations7,771–393,304

In Ukraine, city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) is granted by the country's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, to settlements of 10,000 people or more or to settlements of historical or regional importance.[13][14] Following the occupation and annexation of Crimea, Russia recognised and maintained the existing status of the peninsula's 18 cities.[5] In 2019, Russian officials granted the settlement Balaklava, located in Sevastopol's Balaklava urban district, the status of a city although still keeping it as part of Sevastopol.[15][16] Due to the international support for UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262, which recognizes Ukrainian sovereignty over Crimea and endorses a policy of non-recognition of Russia's occupation of the peninsula, the new city status is largely not recognised.[1][3]

Following the passing of decommunization laws, the city Krasnoperekopsk was renamed in 2016 to Yany Kapu (its original Crimean Tatar name) for Krasnoperekopsk's connection to people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union.[17][18][19] Two cities on the peninsula (Kerch and Sevastopol) were awarded by Soviet officials with the honorary title Hero City of Ukraine in 1973 and 1965, respectively, for their resistance during the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II; the titles were renewed in 2022 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[20][21]

Administrative divisions

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From independence in 1991 until 2020, 11 cities in the autonomous republic were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the autonomous republic's remaining five cities were located in 14 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.[22][23][4] Sevastopol, as one of two[b] cities given special status by the constitution, was governed together with the city of Inkerman and other nearby settlements by the Sevastopol City Council, independently from the autonomous republic.[24][26] Since the country's independence in 1991, the territory of the Sevastopol City Council has been divided between four urban districts: Gagarin, Lenin, Nakhimov, and Balaklava.[4]

On 17 July 2020, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada passed a major administrative reform, abolishing the autonomous republic's 11 city municipalities and 14 raions and merging them into ten reformed raions.[27][28][29] The ten raions that make up the territory of the autonomous republic are Bakhchysarai, Bilohirsk, Dzhankoi, Yevpatoria, Kerch, Kurman,[c] Perekop,[d] Simferopol, Feodosia, and Yalta raion.[29] For Sevastopol, the Verkhovna Rada merged Inkerman and other surrounding areas outside Sevastopol's city boundary into the enlarged Bakhchysarai raion.[29] Due to the region's continued occupation since 2014, the new raions and boundaries have remained solely de jure and Russian officials continue to use the pre-reform administrative divisions in Crimea.[32][33][34]

List of cities

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Cities in Crimea
Name Name (on Crimean Tatar Wikipedia) Name (on Russian Wikipedia) Name (on Ukrainian Wikipedia) Ukrainian subdivision (de jure) Russian subdivision (de facto) Popu­lation
(2014 census)[5] 		Popu­lation
(2001 census)[4] 		Popu­lation
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Alupka Alupka Алупка Алупка Yalta Raion Yalta Municipality 7,771 9,018 −13.83%
Alushta Aluşta Алушта Алушта Yalta Raion Alushta Municipality 29,078 31,440 −7.51%
Armiansk Ermeni Bazar Армянск Армянськ Perekop Raion Armiansk Municipality 21,987 23,869 −7.88%
Bakhchysarai Bağçasaray Бахчисарай Бахчисарай Bakhchysarai Raion Bakhchysarai Raion 27,448 27,549 −0.37%
Bilohirsk Qarasuvbazar Белогорск Білогірськ Bilohirsk Raion Bilohirsk Raion 16,354 18,790 −12.96%
Dzhankoi Canköy Джанкой Джанкой Dzhankoi Raion Dzhankoy Municipality 38,622 43,343 −10.89%
Feodosia Kefe Феодосия Феодосія Feodosia Raion Feodosia Municipality 69,038 74,669 −7.54%
Inkerman İnkerman Инкерман Інкерман Bakhchysarai Raion NA (administratively part of the federal city Sevastopol) 10,348 10,628 −2.63%
Kerch Keriç Керчь Керч Kerch Raion Kerch Municipality 147,033 157,007 −6.35%
Krasnoperekopsk Yañı Qapu Красноперекопск Яни Капу[e] Perekop Raion Krasnoperekopsk Municipality 26,268 31,023 −15.33%
Saky Saq Саки Саки Yevpatoria Raion Saky Municipality 25,146 29,416 −14.52%
Sevastopol Aqyar Севастополь Севастополь NA (city with special status) NA (federal city) 393,304[f] 342,451[f] +14.85%
Shcholkine Şçolkino Щёлкино[g] Щолкіне Kerch Raion Lenine Raion 10,620 11,699 −9.22%
Simferopol Aqmescit Симферополь Сімферополь Simferopol Raion Simferopol Municipality 332,317 343,644 −3.30%
Staryi Krym Eski Qırım Старый Крым Старий Крим Feodosia Raion Kirovske Raion 9,277 10,101 −8.16%
Sudak Sudaq Судак Судак Feodosia Raion Sudak Municipality 16,492 14,495 +13.78%
Yalta Yalta Ялта Ялта Yalta Raion Yalta Municipality 76,746 81,654 −6.01%
Yevpatoria Kezlev Евпатория Євпаторія Yevpatoria Raion Yevpatoria Municipality 105,719 105,915 −0.19%
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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Due to the continued international recognition of Crimea as sovereign territory of Ukraine and the non-recognition of Russia's jurisdiction over it, the United Nations General Assembly and most of the international community do not recognize administrative changes made by Russian-appointed officials in Crimea, including the granting of city status to Balaklava.[1][2][3]
  2. ^ The other city with special status is Kyiv, the national capital.[24][25]
  3. ^ Previously known as Krasnohvardiiske Raion in Ukraine prior to 2016. Due to the occupation of the raion by Russian forces at the time of the renaming, the new name has only de jure status.[30][31]
  4. ^ Previously known as Krasnoperekopsk Raion in Ukraine prior to 2016. Due to the occupation of the raion by Russian forces at the time of the renaming, the new name has only de jure status.[30][31]
  5. ^ Transliteration of the Crimean Tatar name Yañı Qapu. Krasnoperekopsk in Ukrainian is Красноперекопськ.[30][4]
  6. ^ a b Includes population figures for Balaklava and excludes population of Inkerman city.[5][4]
  7. ^ Spelled as Щелкино (with the letter ё written without diaeresis) in Russia's 2014 Crimean Federal District census.[5]
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j As of 2014, according to Russia's post-annexation census.[5]

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