Pokrovske (urban-type settlement)

Pokrovske (Ukrainian: Покро́вське) is an urban-type settlement in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of east-central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pokrovske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 9,609 (2021 est.)[2].

Pokrovske
Покровське
urban-type settlement
Pokrovske District State Administration
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Pokrovske
Coordinates: 47°58′57″N 36°14′02″E
Country Ukraine
OblastDnipropetrovsk Oblast
RaionSynelnykove Raion
Founded1779 (243 years ago)
Urban-type settlement Status1957
Area
 • Total9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
110 m (360 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total9,609
Area code(s)+380 5638

Pokrovske was first mentioned in historical documents in 1779. The settlement of Pokrovske got status of urban-type settlement in 1957.

Until the raion was abolished on 18 July 2020,[3][4] Pokrovske was the administrative center of Pokrovske Raion. After that date the urban-type settlement became part of Synelnykove Raion.

References
  1. "Покровская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. 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.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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