Editing Poltava (section)

==Government and subdivisions==
{{see also|List of mayors of Poltava}}
[[File:Полтава. Будинок губернського земства 1.jpg|thumb|Building of the regional administration (by [[Vasyl Krychevsky]])]]
Poltava is the [[Capital (political)|administrative center]] of the [[Poltava Oblast]] ([[Oblast|province]]) as well as of the Poltava Raion housed within the city. However, Poltava is a [[Administrative divisions of Ukraine|city of oblast subordinance]], thus being subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed in the city itself.

Poltava's government consists of the 50-member Poltava City Council ({{langx|uk|Полтавська Міська рада}}) which is headed by the Secretary (currently Oleksandr Kozub). The city's current mayor is Oleksandr Mamay, who was sworn in on 4 November 2010 after being elected with more than 61 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.dt.ua/articles/68558|title=Oleksandr Mamay won at the elections for the mayor of Poltava|access-date=14 May 2011|date=6 November 2010|publisher=Dzerkalo Tyzhnya|language=uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823050851/http://news.dt.ua/articles/68558|archive-date=23 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015 he was re-elected as a candidate of [[Conscience of Ukraine]] with 62.9% in a second round of Mayoral election.<ref>[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/304206.html Mamai reelected as Poltava mayor – election commission], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (16 November 2015)</ref>

The territory of Poltava is divided into 3 [[Urban districts of Ukraine|urban districts]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A006RM?rdat1=05.01.2009&rf7571=27018|title=Poltavska Oblast, city of Poltava (raion councils of the cities)|access-date=4 January 2009|publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]|language=uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521222037/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A006RM?rdat1=05.01.2009&rf7571=27018|archive-date=21 May 2011}}</ref>
# Shevchenkivskyi District,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okt-rada.poltava.ua/|title=Official resource.|access-date=3 January 2009|year=2008|publisher=Oktiabrskyi Raion Council of Poltava|language=uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202175339/http://okt-rada.poltava.ua/|archive-date=2 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rada-poltava.gov.ua/districts/oktyabrsky/|title=Information of the Oktiabrskyi Raion of Poltava|access-date=3 January 2009|year=2007|publisher=Poltava City Council|language=uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405183341/http://www.rada-poltava.gov.ua/districts/oktyabrsky/|archive-date=5 April 2009}}</ref> to the south-west with an area of 2077 hectares and a population of 147,600 in 2005. It is a largely residential area and includes the city centre.
# Kyivskyi District,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rada-poltava.gov.ua/districts/kyivsky/|title=Information of the Kyivskyi Raion of Poltava|access-date=3 January 2009|year=2007|publisher=Poltava City Council|language=uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405221918/http://www.rada-poltava.gov.ua/districts/kyivsky/|archive-date=5 April 2009}}</ref> is the largest by area, comprising 5437 hectares, or 52.8% of the city total situated in the north and north-west. Its census in 2005 was 111,900. This district has a large industrial zone.
# Podilskyi District,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rada-poltava.gov.ua/districts/leninsky/|title=Information of the Leninskyi Raion of Poltava|access-date=3 January 2009|year=2007|publisher=Poltava City Council|language=uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405221927/http://www.rada-poltava.gov.ua/districts/leninsky/|archive-date=5 April 2009}}</ref> to the east and south-east, in the valley of the Vorskla river, with an area of 2988 hectares and a population of 53,700 in 2005.

The village of [[Rozsoshentsi]], [[Shcherbani]], [[Tereshky, Poltava Oblast|Tereshky]], [[Kopyly]] and [[Suprunivka]] are officially considered to be outside the city, but constitute part of the Poltava agglomeration.