Simferopol
Simferopol
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City | |
| Ukrainian transcription(s) | |
| • National | Simferopol |
| • ALA-LC | Simferopol′ |
| • BGN/PCGN | Simferopol’ |
| • Scholarly | Simferopol′ |
The railway station, Academic Drama Theater, Salgirka Park, Kebir-Jami,Trinity Cathedral, the State Medical University, Karl Marx Street | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Nickname(s): Город пользы (in Russian) The City of Usefulness (translation) | |
Simferopol Simferopol | |
| Coordinates: 44°57′7″N 34°6′8″E / 44.95194°N 34.10222°E | |
| Country | Ukraine (occupied by Russia) |
| Autonomous republic | Crimea (de jure) |
| Raion | Simferopol Raion (de jure) |
| Federal subject | Crimea (de facto) |
| Municipality | Simferopol Municipality (de facto) |
| Founded2 | 15th century |
| Boroughs | Districts
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| Government (de facto) | |
| • Head | Mikhail Afanasev (de facto) |
| Area | |
• Total | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 332,317 |
| • Density | 3,183.17/km2 (8,244.4/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Simferopolitan |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| Postal code | 295000—295490 |
| Area code | +7 3652 |
| Licence plate | AK(UA) 82(Rus)[1] |
| Sister cities | Heidelberg, Kecskemét, Salem, Bursa, Eskişehir, Ruse, Nizhny Novgorod |
| Website | simgov |
| 1 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 2 Founded in 1784 as Simferopol, a Russian city. The settlement was previously known by the Crimean Tatar name Aqmescit. | |
Simferopol (/ˌsɪmfəˈroʊpəl/ SIM-fər-OH-pəl), also known as Aqmescit,[a] is the second-largest city on the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but controlled by Russia. It is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Since 2014 it has been under the de facto control of Russia, which annexed Crimea that year and regards Simferopol as the capital of the Republic of Crimea.
Simferopol is an important political, economic and transport hub of the peninsula, and serves as the administrative centre of both Simferopol Municipality and the surrounding Simferopol District. Its population was 332,317 (2014 Census).[2]
After the 1784 annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire, the Russian empress decreed the foundation of a city named Simferopol on the location of the Crimean Tatar town of Aqmescit ("White Mosque").
- ^ Для крымских автомобилистов приготовили новые номера. Segodnya (in Russian). 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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