Kamianka-Dniprovska

Kamianka-Dniprovska (Ukrainian: Кам'янка-Дніпровська; Russian: Каменка-Днепровская) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kamianka-Dniprovska Raion. Population: 12,332 (2021 est.)[1]

Kamianka-Dniprovska
Кам'янка-Дніпровська
Church of Nativity of the Theotokos
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Kamianka-Dniprovska
Coordinates: 47°27′46″N 34°24′22″E
Country
Oblast
Raion		 Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kamianka-Dniprovska Raion
Founded1786
Area
 • Total21 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total12,332
Postal code
71300
Area code(s)+380 6138
ClimateDfa

It is located on the south bank of a west-flowing part of the Dnieper River. On the north bank is the town of Nikopol, Ukraine. About 15km east is the power plant at Enerhodar. The river is now part of the Kakhovka Reservoir. The landscape of the area is flat and steppe-like.

History

In 1701 Russia built a fort here called Kammeny Zaton ("Stoney Backwater"). It interacted with the Cossack settlements on the north side of the river.

City since 1957.[2][3]

In 1972 the population was 16 900 people.[2]

In January 1989 the population was 17 906 people.[4][3]

In January 2013 the population was 13 495 people.[5]

The city is home to the Kamianka-Dniprovska District Historical and Archeological Museum.[6] An archeological site near Kamianka-Dniprovska gives evidence suggesting that the city was once the capital of the ancient Scythian Kingdom.

  • Historic residence in Kamianka-Dniprovska
  • Alley of Fallen Heroes
  • City library

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. Каменка-Днепровская // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 11. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.
  3. Каменка-Днепровская // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.532
  4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.63
  6. http://prostir.museum/museums/en/detail?id=1413

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