Symohirja

Symohirja
Зимогір'я
	Symohirja
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Slovyanoserbsk Raion
Height :	79 m
Area :	8.56 km²
Residents :	9,816 (2016)
Population density :	1,147 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	93740-93742
Area code :	+380 6473
Geographic location :	48 ° 35 '  N , 38 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '45 "  N , 38 ° 56' 54"  E
KOATUU :	4424510300
Administrative structure :	1 city
Mayor :	Serhiy Shevlakov
Address:	вул. Свободи 3 93740 м. Зимогір'я
Statistical information
Symohirja

Symohirja (Ukrainian Зимогір'я ; Russian Зимогорье / Simogorje ) is a small town in Ukraine in the Luhansk Oblast with around 10,000 inhabitants (2016).

view on the city

The place, founded in 1645, whose most important branch of industry is the mining and processing of coal, has been called Cherkaske (Черкаське) since 1764 and was only given its current name in 1956, and has had the status of a town since 1961. Since the summer of 2014, the town has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine .

Geographical location

The city is located in the Donets Basin on the Luhan River , a 198 km long tributary of the Donets , 40 km from the Slovianoserbsk district center and 29 km east of the Luhansk oblast center .

Population development

1859	1897	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2016
1,892	2,823	5,222	13,938	14,943	13,328	12,710	11,295	10,703	9,816

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Web links

Commons : Symohirja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Info page about the city on mistaua.com (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

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