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Okhtyrka
Sign in to saveOkhtyrka (, ; ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Okhtyrka Raion within the oblast.
Okhtyrka is a city located in the Sumy Oblast region of Ukraine and serves as the administrative headquarters for the surrounding Okhtyrka Raion district. While modest in scale, it functions as an important local government and administrative center for its area.
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.official_name
- Okhtyrka
- Settlement.native_name
- Охтирка
- Settlement.image_flag
- Oxtyrka prapor.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sumy Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Okhtyrka Raion
- Settlement.population_total
- 46660
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 30
- Settlement.established_date
- 1641
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 110
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ukraine#Ukraine Sumy Oblast
- Settlement.website
- (Old)
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Охтирська
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25 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geography
- History and legends
- 2022 Russian invasion
- The coat of arms
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Language
- Military history
- Okhtyrka Fortress
- Hussars
- Soviet times
- Architecture
- Cathedral and its relics
- Miraculous icon of Okhtyrka
- Culture
- Economy
- Tobacco
- Oil and gas
- Other industries
- Sports
- Notable people who were born or resided in Okhtyrka
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Okhtyrka (, ; ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Okhtyrka Raion within the oblast.
Okhtyrka was once home to Hussars and Cossacks. It was also in the past a regional seat of the Sloboda Ukraine Imperial Region and of the Ukrainian SSR. Since the discovery of oil and gas in 1961, Okhtyrka has come to be known as the "oil capital" of Ukraine. It is home to the former Okhtyrka air base and other historical and religious sites. Some religious buildings in Okhtyrka were almost destroyed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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