Orichiw

Orichiw
Оріхів
	Orichiw
Basic data
Oblast :	Zaporizhia Oblast
Rajon :	Orichiv Raion
Height :	52 m
Area :	10.38 km²
Residents :	15,067 (2014)
Population density :	1,452 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	70500
Area code :	+380 6141
Geographic location :	47 ° 34 '  N , 35 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '10 "  N , 35 ° 46' 40"  E
KOATUU :	2323910100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Mayor :	Mychajlo Berezhko
Address:	вул. Шевченка 11 70 500 м. Оріхів
Statistical information
Orichiw

Orichiw (Ukrainian Оріхів ; Russian Орехов / Orechow ) is a city in the Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine and the administrative center of the raion of the same name . It has about 15,000 inhabitants (2014).

Orichiv City Council building

location

The city is located on the left bank of the Kinska River , about 57 kilometers southeast of Zaporizhia . It is about 100 km to the Sea of ​​Azov near Berdyansk in the southeast, and about 70 km to Melitopol in the south.

history

The place was founded in 1783 as a Sloboda ("Free City") for military personnel and builders of the Dneprover fortress line . Already in 1801 it was elevated to a city, this status was renewed in 1938. The city was a center of the Mennonites in the Russian Empire.

Population development

1897	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2014
5,996	7,390	9,605	12,945	16,804	19,366	21,253	17,955	15,067

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Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org