Kushuhum

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Kushuhum
Кушугум
Kushuhum is located in Ukraine
Kushuhum
Kushuhum
Location of Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kushuhum is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kushuhum
Kushuhum
Kushuhum (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. Kushuhum hosts the administration of Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 7,886 (2021 est.)[3]. In 2001, its population was 5,668 according to the census,[4] Kushuhum is the administrative center of the Kushuhum Council, a local government area.[4]

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.[4] 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. ^ "Кушугумська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  3. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  4. ^ 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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