Kushuhum

Kushuhum
Кушугум
Urban-type settlement
Kushuhum

Location of Kushuhum in Zaporizhia Oblast

Coordinates: UA 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E / 47.71056; 35.21917Coordinates: UA 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E / 47.71056; 35.21917
Country  Ukraine
Province Zaporizhia Oblast
District Zaporizhia Raion
Founded 1770
Settlement status 1938
Area
 • Total 4.499 km2 (1.737 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 60 m (200 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total Increase 8,258
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 70450–451
Area code +380 61
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Kushuhum or Kushugum (Ukrainian: Кушугум) is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Population: 8,258 (2013 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 (Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kushuhum, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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