Kushuhum

Kushuhum
Кушугум
Kushuhum is located in Ukraine
Kushuhum
Kushuhum
Location of Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kushuhum is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kushuhum
Kushuhum
Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E / 47.71056; 35.21917
Country Ukraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionZaporizhzhia Raion
HromadaKushuhum settlement hromada
Founded1770
Settlement status1938
Area
 • Total4.499 km2 (1.737 sq mi)
Elevation60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 7,796
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
70450–451
Area code+380 61
ClimateDfa
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/[permanent dead link]

Kushuhum or Kushugum (Ukrainian: Кушугум) is a rural settlement in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. Kushuhum hosts the administration of Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] In 2001, its population was 5,668 according to the census,[3] Kushuhum is the administrative center of the Kushuhum settlement council, a local government area.[3]

The settlement was first founded in 1770 as the village of Velyka Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Велика Катеринівка). In 1938, it was renamed to Kushuhum and given the status of an urban-type settlement.[3] It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir.

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2001 census, the population of Kushuhum is 7,764 people. According to the 2022 estimate, the population is 7,796 people.

Language[edit]

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[4]

Language Percentage
Ukrainian 84.5%
Russian 15.2%
other 0.3%

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Кушугумська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  3. ^ a b c "Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 January 2015.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/

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