Bozhedarivka

Bozhedarivka (Ukrainian: Божедарівка; Russian: Божедаровка) is an urban-type settlement in Kamianske Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine. It is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Dnipro. From 1939 until February 2016 it was known as Shchorsk, in honor of Red Army commander Nikolay Shchors, but was renamed to comply with the Ukraine's law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2] Bozhedarivka hosts the administration of Bozhedarivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 2,688 (2021 est.)[1]

Bozhedarivka
Божедарівка
Urban-type settlement
Bozhedarivka
Bozhedarivka
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°21′13″N 34°06′47″E
CountryUkraine
OblastDnipropetrovsk Oblast
RaionKamianske Raion
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total2,688
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Bozhedarivka belonged to Krynychky Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Krynychky Raion was merged into Kamianske Raion.[4][5]

Economy

Transportation

Bozhedarivka railway station is on the railroad connecting Verkhivtseve with Kryvyi Rih. There is regular passenger traffic.

The settlement is on Highway M04 which connects Dnipro and Znamianka with further access to Kropyvnytskyi.

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "На Днепропетровщине изменили название 2 населенных пункта". 34.ua (in Russian). 5 February 2016.
  3. "Божедаровская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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