Werchivzewe

Werchivzewe
Верхівцеве
	Werchivzewe
Basic data
Oblast :	Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
Rajon :	Verkhnyodniprovsk Raion
Height :	165 m
Area :	14 km²
Residents :	10,135 (2016)
Population density :	724 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	51660
Area code :	+380 5658
Geographic location :	48 ° 29 '  N , 34 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '7 "  N , 34 ° 15' 14"  E
KOATUU :	1221010300
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Леніна 75 51660 м. Верхівцеве
Statistical information
Werchivzewe

Verkhivzewe ( Ukrainian Верхівцеве ; Russian Верховцево Verkhovtsewo ) is a small town and railway junction in the center of Ukraine , Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with about 10,000 inhabitants (2016).

Geographical location

The city is located in the southeast of the Verkhnyodniprovsk Raion near the border with the Krynichky Raion . The village of Schyroke ( Широке ) ⊙ also belongs to the city council . To the south of the city are the springs of the Saksahan , a 144 km long tributary of the Inhulez , and the Mokra Sura , a 138 km long tributary of the Dnieper . The closest major city is Kamjanske , 34 km away. The Rajon capital of Verkhnyodniprovsk is 18 km north and the Dnipro oblast center is 54 km east of Verkhivtseve. The city has a train station on the Krywyj Rih – Jassynuwata railway on the Prydniprowska Salisnyzja .

history

Founded in 1884 as a railway station, the town received city status in 1956. During the German-Soviet War , Werchivzewe was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on August 13, 1941 . The reconquest by the Red Army took place on October 23, 1943.

population

Population development

1939	1959	1967	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2016
9,095	15,975	14,400	12,843	11,695	11,246	10.142	9,808	10135

Source:

Personalities

• Serhiy Buchalo (1907–1988), Ukrainian politician and scientist

Web links

• Info page about the city (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org