Verkhnodniprovsk

Verkhnodniprovsk (Ukrainian: Верхньодніпровськ, pronounced [werxnʲod⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈprɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Верхнеднепровск) is a city in Kamianske Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city is located at confluence of the Samotkan into the Kamianske Reservoir at the Dnieper. Verkhnodniprovsk hosts the administration of Verkhnodniprovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 15,749 (2021 est.)[2] In 2001, the population was 16,976.

Verkhnodniprovsk
Верхньодніпровськ
WW2 memorial in Verkhnodniprovsk
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Verkhnodniprovsk
Location of Verkhnodniprovsk
Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E
Country
Oblast
Raion		 Ukraine
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Kamianske Raion
Founded1779
City rightsJune 5, 1806
Government
 • MayorGennadiy Mykolayovych Lebid'
Population
 (2001)
 • Total16,976
Postal code
51600
Area code(s)+380 5658
Licence plate / 04АЕ
Websitehttp://www.vdn.dp.ua/

Until 18 July 2020, Verkhnodniprovsk was the administrative center of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion was merged into Kamianske Raion.[3][4]

Transport

The city is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhnodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Kamianske, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipro.

Famous people

Verkhnodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.

  • Dnieper River in Verkhnodniprovsk
  • Verkhnodniprovsk church
  • Downtown Verkhnodniprovsk
  • An old house
  • Air troops monument

References
  1. "Верхнеднепровская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. 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.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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