Ostrava-City District () is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Ostrava.
Ostrava-City District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Ostrava.
Cities and towns are marked in bold:
ÃÂavisov â DolnàLhota â HornàLhota â Klimkovice â Olbramice â Ostrava âÂ à  enov â Stará Ves nad Ondà Âejnicàâ Václavovice â Velká Polom â Vratimov â Và Âesina â Zbyslavice
The terrain is mostly flat and in the west slightly undulating, without significant hills. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Ostrava Basin (east and centre), NÃÂzký JesenÃÂk (west), Moravian Gate (southwest), and Opava Hilly Land (negligible part in the north). The highest point of the district is the hill ÃÂhorky in HornàLhota with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Oder in Ostrava-Antoà ¡ovice at .
From the total district area of , agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 16.3% of the district's area.
The most important river of the district is the Oder, which flows across the territory from south to north. The Opava River flows into the Oder from the west. The largest body of water is Heà Âmanický Pond with an area of .
A part of the territory along the Oder River is protected as the Poodà ÂàProtected Landscape Area.
Ostrava is the economic centre of the entire Moravian-Silesian Region. All the largest employers with headquarters in Ostrava-City District and at least 1,000 employees have their seat in Ostrava. The largest employers with headquarters in Ostrava and at least 1,500 employees are:
The largest company based in the district, but outside Ostrava, is KES â kabelové a elektrické systémy in Vratimov. It is a manufacturer of electrical equipment for motor vehicles with 500âÂÂ999 employees.
The D1 motorway from Brno to the Czech-Polish passes through the district. The second important road is the D56 motorway, which connects Ostrava with Frýdek-MÃÂstek.
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments (all of them located in Ostrava), are:
The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:
Four of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Moravian-Silesian Region are located in Ostrava. The most visited tourist destinations are Lower VÃÂtkovice, Ostrava Zoo, Landek Park Ostrava mining museum, and Silesian Ostrava Castle.