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Nova Kakhovka (Ukrainian: Нова Каховка, Roushie: Новая Каховка) is a ceety in the Kherson Oblast o soothre Ukraine, recognisit as the Monument o Airchitectur,[1] an wis pairt o the Great Construction Projects o Communism.
Nova Kakhovka Нова Каховка | |
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Aerial view of Nova Kakhovka. | |
Coordinates: 46°46′N 33°22′E | |
Kintra Oblast Raion | Ukraine Kherson Oblast Kakhovka Raion |
Foondit | 28 Februar 1952 |
Area | |
• Total | 222.7 km2 (86.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 72,700 |
• Density | 363/km2 (940/sq mi) |
Postal code | 74900 |
Area code(s) | +380 5549 |
Website | novakahovka.com.ua |
It is designatit as a separate raion (destrict) athin the oblast, an is a important river port on Dnieper River an the Kakhovka Reservoir. It is the steid o the Tavria Gemmes, (Ukrainian: Таврійські ігри, translit. Tavriys'ki ihry) an aw, the maist popular annual internaitional muisic festival in the region.
The current estimatit population is aroond 52,611 (as o 2001), wi a urban population o 75,392.
Nova Kakhovka wis foondit on 28 Februar 1952, in the place whaur, frae 1891, the veelage Klyucheve haed existit. It wis in direct proximity o the established dam o the Kakhovka hydroelectric pouer plant (1947–1948), an wis biggit tae hoose the plant's construction wirkers. Syne its foondin, the ceety haes been cried Nova Kakhovka, or New Kakhova, tae distinguish frae the ceety o Kakhovka locatit 15 km (9.3 mi) awa. Efter the construction o the pouer plant wis feenished, maist o the wirkers stayed in Nova Kakhovka. The ceety o Nova Kakhovka is recognisit as ane o the maist successfu colonization steids o the Ukrainian Sooth in recent years an earned a title o the Pearl o Lawer Dnieper.
The ceety is whiles referred tae as a oasis, acause it wis biggit on a aurie whaur saund wis plentiful. Durin the construction o the ceety, the pairks an sod wur biggit an lain on the sandy grund. An aw, the airchitectural plans wur developit tae big streets an squares in the wey thay wad harmonize perfectly wi the shoreline o the reservoir.
The economic activities in Nova Kakhovka are ingineerin (electrotechnology) an pouer production. Near the ceety the lairge North Crimean Canal begins, via which the soothwast o the Kherson Oblast an the entire northren pairt o the Crimea are supplee'd wi watter comin frae the Dnieper River.
The ceety is locatit atween Kherson in the wast an Melitopol in the east on the European route E58, which runs frae Odessa tae Rostov-on-Don near the ceety. The ceety conteens a nan-electrifee'd, ane lane railwey, a airport, a watter route tae the Black Sea, an a port which is locatit on the soothwast pairt o the Khakovka Reservoir.
The Nova Kakhovka ceety haes a smaw ceety an a urban teep veelage athin it, as well as aicht smaw veelages in the ootlyin aurie.
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