Nova Odesa

This article is about the city in Ukraine. For the city in Brazil, see Nova Odessa.

Nova Odesa (Ukrainian: Нова Одеса, lit. 'New Odesa', pronounced [noˈwɑ oˈdɛsɐ]) is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Nova Odesa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2] The population of Nova Odesa is 11,510 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Nova Odesa Нова Одеса
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Coordinates: 47°18′35″N 31°46′45″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Mykolaiv Oblast
Raion	Mykolaiv Raion
Hromada	Nova Odesa urban hromada
Founded	1776
City rights	1976
Government
• Mayor	Oleksandr Polyakov
Area
• Total	20.65 km2 (7.97 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	11,510
• Estimate  (2024)	12,000
• Density	560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code	55600-56608
Area code	+380-5167

Until 18 July 2020, Nova Odesa was the administrative center of Nova Odesa Raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four, Nova Odesa Raion was merged into Mykolaiv Raion.^[3][4]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 14,073 inhabitants. The ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:^[5][6]

Ethnic groups in Nova Odesa percent Ukrainians   93.29% Russians   4.75% Armenians   0.53% Belarusians   0.40% Moldovans   0.39% Bulgarians   0.08%

Native languages in Nova Odesa percent Ukrainian   94.1% Russian   4.9% Armenian   0.4% Moldovan (Romainian)   0.2% Belarusian   0.1% others   0.1%

Gallery

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  City hall
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  Grain storage facilities
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  World War II memorial
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  Soviet–Afghan War memorial
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  Holocaust memorial