Editing Simferopol (section)

{{short description|Second-largest city on the Crimean Peninsula}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = 
| official_name      = Simferopol
| native_name        = {{ubl|{{native name|uk|Сімферополь}}|{{native name|ru|Симферополь}}|{{native name|crh|Aqmescit}}|{{native name|crh|Акъмесджит}}}}
| other_name         = 
| nickname           = {{lang|ru|Город пользы}}{{spaces|2}}{{in lang|ru}}<br />''The City of Usefulness''{{spaces|2}}(translation)
| translit_lang1     = [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Romanization of Ukrainian|National]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = Simferopol
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[ALA-LC romanization|ALA-LC]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = Simferopol′
| translit_lang1_type3 = [[BGN/PCGN romanization|BGN/PCGN]]
| translit_lang1_info3 = Simferopol’
| translit_lang1_type4 = [[Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic|Scholarly]]
| translit_lang1_info4 = Simferopol′
| settlement_type    = City
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image|total_width=280px|perrow=2/2/2/1|border=infobox
| image1                          = Simferopol 04-14 img27 train station square.jpg
| alt1                            = 
| image2                          = Simferopol 04-14 img20 MGorky Crimean Theatre.jpg
| alt2                            = 
| image3                          = Simferopol 04-14 img26 Botanical Garden.jpg
| alt3                            = 
| image4                          = 01-101-0175_вул._Курчатова,_4.JPG
| alt4                            = 
| image5                          = 2022. Троицкий собор DSC 2096.jpg
| alt5                            = 
| image6                          = Simferopol 04-14 img06 University.jpg
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| image7                          = Simferopol. Pedestrian street in the city center (Karl Marx St.).jpg
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| image_caption      = The [[Simferopol railway station|railway station]], [[Crimean Academic Russian Drama Theater named after Maxim Gorky|Academic Drama Theater]], Salgirka Park, [[Kebir-Jami Mosque, Simferopol|Kebir-Jami]], Trinity Cathedral, the [[Crimea State Medical University named after S. I. Georgievsky|State Medical University]], Karl Marx Street
| image_flag         = Simferopol flag.svg
| image_shield       = COA Simferopol.svg
| shield_size        = 110px
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = Simferopol (red) on a map of Crimea.
| pushpin_map        = Ukraine#Ukraine Crimea
| pushpin_map_alt    = 
| pushpin_map_caption = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{UKR}} (occupied by [[Russia]])
| subdivision_type1  = [[Autonomous republic]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Crimea]] (''de jure'')
| subdivision_type2  = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Simferopol Raion]] (''de jure'')
| subdivision_type3  = [[Federal subjects of Russia|Federal subject]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Republic of Crimea (Russia)|Crimea]] (''de facto'')
| subdivision_type4  = [[Municipality]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Simferopol Municipality]] (''de facto'')
| parts_type         = 
| parts              = List
| p1                 = Zaliznychnyi District
| p2                 = Tsentralnyi District
| p3                 = Kyivskyi District
| government_footnotes = &nbsp;([[de facto]])
| leader_title       = Head
| leader_name        = [[Mikhail Afanasev]] (de facto)
| established_title  = Founded{{smallsup|2}}
| established_date   = 15{{smallsup|th}} century
| area_total_km2     = 107
| population_as_of   = 2014
| population_total   = 332,317
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_km2 = 3183.17
| population_demonym = Simferopolitan
| timezone           = 
| utc_offset         = +3
| timezone_DST       = 
| utc_offset_DST     = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|57|7|N|34|6|8|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m        = 350
| postal_code_type   = Postal code
| postal_code        = 295000—295490
| area_code          = +7 3652
| blank_name         = [[Licence plate]]
| blank_info         = AK(UA) 82(Rus)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Для крымских автомобилистов приготовили новые номера|url=http://www.segodnya.ua/economics/avto/dlya-krymskih-avtomobilistov-prigotovili-novye-nomera-506797.html|website=[[Segodnya]]|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706143200/http://www.segodnya.ua/economics/avto/dlya-krymskih-avtomobilistov-prigotovili-novye-nomera-506797.html|archive-date=6 July 2015 |language=ru|date=2 April 2014}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Town twinning|Sister cities]]
| blank1_info        = [[Heidelberg]], [[Kecskemét]], [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]], [[Bursa]], [[Eskişehir]], [[Ruse, Bulgaria|Ruse]], [[Nizhny Novgorod]]
| website            = {{URL|simgov.ru/}} (Russian administration)
| module             = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=11 |height=250 |stroke-width=2 | {{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
| footnotes          = {{smallsup|1}} [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262]]<br/>
{{smallsup|2}} Founded in 1784 as ''Simferopol'', a [[Russian Empire|Russian]] city. The settlement was previously known by the [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] name ''Aqmescit''.
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'''Simferopol''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|ɪ|m|f|ə|ˈ|r|oʊ|p|əl}}), also known as '''Aqmescit''',{{efn|See {{slink||Etymologies}} for other names}} is the second-largest city on the [[Crimea|Crimean Peninsula]]. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised 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 [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed Crimea]] that year and regards Simferopol as the capital of the [[Republic of Crimea (Russia)|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 {{Crimea-census2014|332,317|punct=.}}

After the 1784 [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire|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 Tatars|Crimean Tatar]] town of [[Old Simferopol|Aqmescit]] ("White Mosque").