Nova Praha

Nova Praha (Ukrainian: Нова Прага; Russian: Новая Прага) is a rural settlement in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Beshka, a right tributary of the Inhulets in the basin of the Dnieper. Nova Praha hosts the administration of Nova Praha settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 6,266 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Nova Praha Нова Прага
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 48°34′06″N 32°54′14″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kirovohrad Oblast
Raion	Oleksandriia Raion
Hromada	Nova Praha settlement hromada
Population  (2022)
• Total	6,266
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 26 January 2024, Nova Praha was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Nova Praha became a rural settlement.^[3]

Economy

Transportation

The closest railway station is in Sharivka, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of the settlement. It is on the railway connecting Znamianka and Dolynska with further connections to Kropyvnytskyi, Kryvyi Rih, and Mykolaiv. There is infrequent passenger traffic.

The settlement is connected by road with Kropyvnytskyi, Oleksandriia, and Kamianets.

Settlement

The hromada (community) includes Nova Praha and 11 villages: Veselka, Hayove, Hryhorivka, Kvitneve, Lozuvatka, Oleksandro-Pashchenkove, Pantaziivka, Svitlopil, Troianka, Sharivka and Shevchenkove.