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Nova Kakhovka
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Nova Kakhovka is a town located in Kherson Oblast in southeastern Ukraine. It has gained international attention as a significant location in the 2022-2024 Russia-Ukraine conflict, particularly due to its proximity to the Kakhovka Dam and the strategic importance of the region.
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Key facts
- Country
- Ukraine
- Oblast
- Kherson Oblast
- Raion
- Kakhovka Raion
- Hromada
- Nova Kakhovka urban hromada
- Founded
- 28 February 1952
- Mayor de facto
- Vladimir Oganesov
- Total
- 222.7 km (86.0 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 21 m (69 ft)
- Density
- 45/km (120/sq mi)
- Area code
- +380 5549
- Climate
- Dfa
- Website
- novakahovka.com.ua
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Нова Каховка
- Country
- Ukraine
- Official language
- Ukrainian
- Population
- 45069
- Area
- 22.7
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- Eastern European Time
- Body of water
- Dnieper
- Capital of
- Kakhovka Raion
- Official website
- novkahovka.khogov.ru
- Image
- View of Nova Kakhovka.jpg
- Licence plate code
- BT
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- topic's main category
- Category:Nova Kakhovka
- twinned administrative body
- Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
- Commons category
- Nova Kakhovka
- category for people born here
- Q8065603
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nova Kakhovka
- Commons gallery
- Nova Kakhovka
- postal code
- 74900
- native label
- Нова Каховка
- inception
- 1952-02-28
- P8168
- Nag Champa
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview
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Nova Kakhovka (Ukrainian: Нова Каховка, IPA: [noˈwɑ kɐˈxɔu̯kɐ]; Russian: Новая Каховка, romanized: Novaya Kakhovka) is a city in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. Nova Kakhovka has been under Russian occupation since February 2022. Its estimated population in 2022 was 44,427.
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