Verkhnodniprovsk

Verkhnodniprovsk

Верхньодніпровськ
Verkhnodniprovsk Верхньодніпровськ
	WW2 memorial in Verkhnodniprovsk
	Flag Coat of arms
	Verkhnodniprovsk Location of Verkhnodniprovsk Verkhnodniprovsk Verkhnodniprovsk (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
	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	+380 5658
Licence plate / 04	АЕ
Website	http://www.vdn.dp.ua/

Verkhnodniprovsk (or Verkhnyodniprovsk, 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 Samotkan into the Kamianske Reservoir at the Dnieper. Verkhnodniprovsk hosts the administration of Verkhnodniprovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 15,477 (2022 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 Verkhnodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Kamianske, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipro.

Famous people

Verkhnodniprovsk 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 Verkhnodniprovsk
Verkhnodniprovsk church
Downtown Verkhnodniprovsk
An old house
Air troops monument

References

^ "Верхнеднепровская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
^ "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

"City history" (in Russian).
"Verkhnodniprovsk Raion economy" (in Ukrainian).

[admreform_2020_verkhnodniprovsk-1] "Верхнеднепровская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

[ua2022estimate-2] Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

[3] "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

[4] "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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v t e Administrative divisions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Administrative center: Dnipro
Raions	Dnipro Kamianske Kryvyi Rih Nikopol Novomoskovsk Pavlohrad Synelnykove
Hromadas	Apostolove Bohdanivka Bohynivka Bozhedarivka Cherkaske Chernechchina Chervonohryhorivka Chumaky Devladove Dnipro Dubovyky Hleiuvatka Hrechani Pody Hrushivka Hubynykha Ilarionove Kamianske Karpivka Krynychky Kryvyi Rih Kytaihorod Liashkivka Liubymivka Lozuvatka Lychkove Lykhivka Mahdalynivka Malomykhailivka Marhanets Mezhova Mezhyrich Mohyliv Mykolaivka (Dnipro) Mykolaivka (Synelnykove) Myrove Nikopol Novolativka Novomoskovsk Novooleksandrivka Novopavlivka Novopillia Novopokrovka Nyva Trudova Obukhivka Pavlohrad Pereshchepyne Pershotravensk Pershotravneve Petropavlivka Petrykivka Piatykhatky Pidhorodne Pishchanka Pokrov Pokrovske (settlement) Pokrovske (rural) Raivka Rozdory Saksahan Shyroke Slavhorod Slobozhanske Slovianka Sofiivka Solone Sursko-Lytovske Sviatovasylivka Synelnykove Ternivka Tomakivka Troitske Tsarychanka Ukrainske Vakulove Vasylkivka Velykomykhailivka Verbky Verkhivtseve Verkhnodniprovsk Vilnohirsk Vyshneve Yurivka Zaitseve Zatyshne Zelenodolsk Zhovti Vody
Cities	Apostolove Dnipro Kamianske Kryvyi Rih Marhanets Nikopol Novomoskovsk Pavlohrad Pereshchepyne Pershotravensk Piatykhatky Pidhorodne Pokrov Synelnykove Ternivka Verkhivtseve Verkhnodniprovsk Vilnohirsk Zelenodolsk Zhovti Vody
Urban-type settlements	Auly Aviatorske Bozhedarivka Chaplyne Cherkaske Chervonohryhorivka Chortomlyk Demuryne Dniprovske Hirnytske Hubynykha Hvardiiske Ilarionove Karnaukhivka Khrystoforivka Krynychky Kurylivka Lykhivka Marivka Mahdalynivka Melioratyvne Mezhova Mykolaivka Novomykolaivka Novopokrovka Obukhivka Petropavlivka Petrykivka Pokrovske Prosiana Pysmenne Radushne Rozdory Sad Shyroke Slavhorod Slobozhanske Sofiivka Solone Tomakivka Tsarychanka Vasylkivka Vyshneve Yurivka Zaliznychne