Nova Vodolaha

Nova Vodolaha (Ukrainian: Нова Водолага, Russian: Новая Водолага) is an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Nova Vodolaha Raion. Population: 10,734 (2020 est.)[1]

Nova Vodolaha

Нова Водолага
Urban-type settlement
Nova Vodolaha
Coordinates: 49°43′09″N 35°52′34″E
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionNova Vodolaha Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total10,734
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Nova Vodolaha is located in the banks of the Olkhovatka River, a short right tributary of the Mzha River in the drainage basin of the Donets.

History

It started as a village in Valky uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since December 1931.[2] Urban-type settlement[3] since October 1938.

During World War II it was under German occupation from October 1941 to September 1943.

In January 1989 the population was 14 979 people.[4] In January 2013 the population was 13 583 people.[5]

Economy

Transportation

Nova Vodolaha is on the Highway M29 which connects Kharkiv and Dnipro. North of the settlement the Highway M18 branches off east to Kharkiv.

Vodolaha railway station, located here,[3] is on the railway connecting Kharkiv (via Merefa) and Dnipro (via Krasnohrad).

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. № 3159. Ленинец // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.413
  3. Новая Водолага // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 18. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974.
  4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.99
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