Kushuhum

Kushuhum
Кушугум
Rural settlement
Kushuhum is located in Ukraine
Kushuhum
Kushuhum
Location of Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kushuhum is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kushuhum
Kushuhum
Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E / 47.71056; 35.21917
Country Ukraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionZaporizhzhia Raion
HromadaKushuhum settlement hromada
Founded1770
Settlement status1938
Area
 • Total
4.499 km2 (1.737 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
Decrease 7,796
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
70450–451
Area code+380 61
ClimateDfa
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/[permanent dead link‍]

Kushuhum or Kushugum (Ukrainian: Кушугум) is a rural settlement in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. Kushuhum hosts the administration of Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] In 2001, its population was 5,668 according to the census,[3] Kushuhum is the administrative center of the Kushuhum settlement council, a local government area.[3]

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.[3] It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of Kushuhum is 7,764 people. According to the 2022 estimate, the population is 7,796 people.

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[4]

Language Percentage
Ukrainian 84.5%
Russian 15.2%
other 0.3%

References

  1. ^ "Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Кушугумська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  3. ^ a b c "Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 January 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
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