Government and Administrative Divisions
While Kharkiv is the administrative centre of the Kharkiv Oblast (province), the city affairs are managed by the Kharkiv Municipality. Kharkiv is a city of oblast subordinance.
The territory of Kharkiv is divided into 9 administrative raions (districts):
- Leninsky (Ukrainian: Ленінський район)
- Dzerzhynsky (Ukrainian: Дзержинський район)
- Kyivsky (Ukrainian: Київський район)
- Moskovsky (Ukrainian: Московський район)
- Frunzensky (Ukrainian: Фрунзенський район)
- Ordzhonikidzevsky (Ukrainian: Орджонікідзевський район)
- Kominternіvsky (Ukrainian: Комінтернівський район)
- Chervonozavodsky (Ukrainian: Червонозаводський район)
- Zhovtnevy (Ukrainian: Жовтневий район)
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