Nikopol, Ukraine
City in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nikopol (Ukrainian: Нікополь, pronounced [ˈn⁽ʲ⁾ikopolʲ] ⓘ) is a city and municipality (hromada)[1] in Nikopol Raion in the south of Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnieper River, about 63 km south-east of Kryvyi Rih and 48 km south-west of Zaporizhzhia. Population: 105.160 (2022 estimate).[2]
Nikopol
Нікополь | |
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Coordinates: 47°34′N 34°24′E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
Raion | Nikopol Raion |
Hromada | Nikopol urban hromada |
Founded | 1639 |
City status | 1915 |
Area | |
• Total | 59 km2 (23 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 105,160 |
• Density | 2,764/km2 (7,160/sq mi) |
Postal code | 53200—53239 |
Area code | +380-5662 |
Website | www |
Nikopol is the fourth-most populous city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Located on a cape by the Kakhovka reservoir, Nikopol is a powerful industrial city which has several pipe producing factories, such as the Interpipe corporation, and steel rolling mills, such as the factory of ferroalloys.
Formerly the settlement served as one of the capital cities of the Zaporizhian Sich and was known as one of the main crossings over the Dnieper.