Verkhnodniprovsk

Verkhnodniprovsk
Verkhnodniprovsk ; Верхньодніпровськ
	WW2 memorial in Verkhniodniprovsk
	Flag Coat of arms
	Verkhnodniprovsk Location of Verkhniodniprovsk
	Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 34°19′42″E
Country; Oblast; Raion	Ukraine; Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; Verkhniodniprovsk Raion
Founded	1779
City rights	June 5, 1806
Government
• Mayor	Gennadiy Mykolayovych Lebid'
Population (2001)
• Total	16,976
Postal code	51600
Area code(s)	+380 5658
Licence plate / 04	АЕ
Website	http://www.vdn.dp.ua/

Verkhniodniprovsk (Ukrainian: Верхньодніпровськ, pronounced [werxnʲod⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iˈprɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Верхнеднепровск) is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of the Verkhniodniprovsk Raion (district). The city is located at confluence of the Samotkan into the Kamianske Reservoir at the Dnieper. Population: 15,915 (2020 est.)[1] In 2001, the population was 16,976.

Transport

The city is located 13 km (8 mi) from train station named Verkhniodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, 25 km (16 mi) north-west from Kamianske, 73 km (45 mi) north-west from Dnipro.

Famous people

Verkhniodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989.

Gallery

Dnieper River in Verkhniodniprovsk
Verkhniodniprovsk church
Downtown Verkhniodniprovsk
An old house
Air troops monument

References

"Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

"City history" (in Russian).
"Verkhnodniprovsk Raion economy" (in Ukrainian).

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[ua2020estimate-1] "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.