Kakhovka
Sign in to saveKakhovka (, ) is a port city on the Dnieper River in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of the Kakhovka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of Kakhovka has been under Russian occupation since February 2022.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kakhovka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kahovka F.Gayenko (Lunacharskogo) Str. 6 Former Girls' Gymnasium Building (YDS 2566).jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Kakhovka.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Kahovka_city_flag_hd.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kherson Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kakhovka Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Hromada
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kakhovka urban hromada
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1492
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- (Russian-appointed)
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 34749
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Administrative status
- History
- City leaders
- Economy
- Demographics
- Transport
- Education
- Cultural influence
- Twin cities
- Notable people
- The following are named after Kakhovka
- References
- External links
Kakhovka (, ) is a port city on the Dnieper River in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of the Kakhovka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of Kakhovka has been under Russian occupation since February 2022.
It is home to the KZEZO (Electro-Welding Equipment Plant) and the Tavria Games festival. Kakhovka gives its name to the Soviet-built Kakhovka Dam, which was destroyed in June 2023 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the reservoir that had until then flooded the Great Meadow.