Verkhnodniprovsk
Verkhnodniprovsk
Верхньодніпровськ | |
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Verkhnodniprovsk Location of Verkhniodniprovsk | |
Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E / 48.65611°N 34.32833°ECoordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E / 48.65611°N 34.32833°E | |
Country Oblast Raion | Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Kamianske Raion |
Founded | 1779 |
City rights | June 5, 1806 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gennadiy Mykolayovych Lebid' |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 16,976 |
Postal code | 51600 |
Area code(s) | +380 5658 |
Licence plate / 04 | АЕ |
Website | http://www.vdn.dp.ua/ |
Verkhniodniprovsk (Ukrainian: Верхньодніпровськ, pronounced [werxnʲod⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈprɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Верхнеднепровск) is a city in Kamianske Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city is located at confluence of the into the Kamianske Reservoir at the Dnieper. Verkhnodniprovsk hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 15,749 (2021 est.)[2] In 2001, the population was 16,976.
Until 18 July 2020, Verkhnodniprovsk was the administrative center of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion was merged into Kamianske Raion.[3][4]
Transport[]
The city is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhniodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Kamianske, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipro.
Famous people[]
Verkhniodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.
Gallery[]
Dnieper River in Verkhniodniprovsk
Verkhniodniprovsk church
Downtown Verkhniodniprovsk
An old house
Air troops monument
References[]
- ^ "Верхнеднепровская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
External links[]
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- "City history" (in Russian).
- "Verkhnodniprovsk Raion economy" (in Ukrainian).
- Cities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Verkhnedneprovsky Uyezd
- Cities of district significance in Ukraine
- Populated places established in the Russian Empire
- Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine