Kushuhum

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Kushuhum
Кушугум
Kushuhum is located in Ukraine
Kushuhum
Kushuhum
Location of Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Coordinates: 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E / 47.71056; 35.21917Coordinates: 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E / 47.71056; 35.21917
Country Ukraine
ProvinceZaporizhzhia Oblast
DistrictZaporizhzhia Raion
Founded1770
Settlement status1938
Area
 • Total4.499 km2 (1.737 sq mi)
Elevation60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • TotalDecrease 7,886
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
70450–451
Area code+380 61
ClimateDfa
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/[permanent dead link]

Kushuhum or Kushugum (Ukrainian: Кушугум) is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhzhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Population: 7,886 (2021 est.)[2]. In 2001, its population was 5,668 according to the census,[3] Kushuhum is the administrative center of the Kushuhum Council, a local government area.[3]

The settlement was first founded in 1770 as the village of Velyka Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Велика Катеринівка). In 1938, it was renamed to Kushuhum and given the status of an urban-type settlement.[3] It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir.

References[]

  1. ^ "Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 January 2015.[permanent dead link]

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