Werchivzewe
Werchivzewe | ||
Верхівцеве | ||
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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 | |
KOATUU : | 1221010300 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 city | |
Address: | вул. Леніна 75 51660 м. Верхівцеве |
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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
1939 | 1959 | 1967 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2001 | 2005 | 2016 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org