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Samar
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town in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of central Ukraine
Key facts
- Country
- Ukraine
- Oblast
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Raion
- Samar Raion
- Hromada
- Samar urban hromada
- Total
- 36 km (14 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 62 m (203 ft)
- Estimate 2024
- 66,973
- Density
- 1,900/km (5,000/sq mi)
- Postal code
- 51200-51214
- Area code
- +380-5693
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Samar (Ukrainian: Самар [sɐˈmɑr]), formerly known as Novomoskovsk (Ukrainian: Новомосковськ, IPA: [nowomoˈskɔu̯sʲk] ) until 2024, is a city and municipality in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Samar Raion within the oblast. Samar is located predominantly on the right bank of the Samara River, a left tributary of the Dnieper River. The city is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the administrative center of the oblast, Dnipro. As of January 2022, Samar's population was approximately 69,855.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.