Hola Prystan

Hola Prystan (Ukrainian: Гола Пристань, Russian: Голая Пристань) is a city in Kherson Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Hola Prystan Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 13,971(2020 est.)[1]

Hola Prystan

Гола Пристань

Голая Пристань
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Hola Prystan
Location of Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 46°31′N 32°31′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kherson Oblast
Area
  Total9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total13,971
Postal code
75600
Area code(s)+380-5539
ClimateCfa
Websitehttp://www.golapristan-mrada.gov.ua/

The Konka, a tributary of the Dnieper, flows through the city.

History

Hola Prystan literally means barren pier and was founded in 1709 by Zaporizhian Cossacks as Holyi Pereviz (Barren Ford). Since 1785 it is first mentioned as Hola Prystan.

In the years of the Ukrainian Independence

Hola Pristan was granted the regional town status on May 17, 2013.

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