Pokrovskyi District
Urban district in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
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Pokrovskyi District[1] (Ukrainian: Покровський район), known until 2016 as Zhovtnevyi Raion (Ukrainian: Жовтневий район),[2][3] is an urban district of northern Kryvyi Rih, south-central Ukraine. It is located along the river Saksahan. Among other districts of the city, it has about 6,000 hectares making it the largest in terms of area, with a population of over 142,955 people (2001). The district has 271 streets with a total length of 527 km, of which 192 are private sector streets.