Vilnohirsk
Vilnohirsk | ||
Вільногірськ | ||
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Oblast : | Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | |
Rajon : | District-free city | |
Height : | 178 m | |
Area : | 10 km² | |
Residents : | 22,979 (2019) | |
Population density : | 2,298 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 51700 | |
Area code : | +380 5653 | |
Geographic location : | 48 ° 29 ' N , 34 ° 2' E | |
KOATUU : | 1210200000 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 city | |
Address: | вул. Варена 15 23864 м. Вільногірськ |
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Website : | http://vilnogirsk.dp.ua/ads/ | |
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Vil'nohirs'k ( Ukrainian Вільногірськ ; Russian Вольногорск Volnogorsk ) is a city of regional importance ( місто областного значення misto oblastnoho snatschennja ) in the center of Ukraine , Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with about 23,000 inhabitants (2019).
geography
The city is located 96 km west of Dnipro south of the upper reaches of the 42 km long Samotkan (Ukrainian: Самоткань ), a tributary of the Dnieper .
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/TGShevchenkoVilnohirsk.jpg/170px-TGShevchenkoVilnohirsk.jpg)
Taras Shevchenko monument in the city
history
The place, founded on August 12, 1956, was created here as a place of residence for the workers of a titanium mine and the processing combine. On June 16, 1958 he was renamed, derived from the nearby village Wilni Chutory (Вільні Хутори) in Wilnohirsk. In 1965 it received city status and in 1990 city status.
population
1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2001 | 2005 | 2016 | 2019 |
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1,140 | 19,419 | 22,626 | 24,620 | 23,782 | 23,894 | 23,494 | 22,979 |
Source:
Web links
Commons : Wilnohirsk - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Side of the city on the sides of the Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org