Kushuhum

Kushuhum or Kushugum (Ukrainian: Кушугум) is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhzhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Kushuhum hosts the administration of Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 7,886 (2021 est.)[3]. In 2001, its population was 5,668 according to the census,[4] Kushuhum is the administrative center of the Kushuhum Council, a local government area.[4]

Kushuhum
Кушугум
Urban-type settlement
Kushuhum
Location of Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kushuhum
Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E
Country Ukraine
ProvinceZaporizhzhia Oblast
DistrictZaporizhzhia Raion
Founded1770
Settlement status1938
Area
 • Total4.499 km2 (1.737 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 7,886
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
70450–451
Area code+380 61
ClimateDfa
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

The settlement was first founded in 1770 as the village of Velyka Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Велика Катеринівка). In 1938, it was renamed to Kushuhum and given the status of an urban-type settlement.[4] It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir.

References
  1. "Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. "Кушугумська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  3. 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.
  4. "Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 January 2015.


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