Velyka Lepetykha
Велика Лепетиха
Urban-type settlement
Velyka Lepetykha is located in Ukraine
Velyka Lepetykha
Velyka Lepetykha
Velyka Lepetykha is located in Kherson Oblast
Velyka Lepetykha
Velyka Lepetykha
Coordinates: 47°09′31″N 33°55′54″E / 47.15861°N 33.93167°E / 47.15861; 33.93167
Country Ukraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionKakhovka Raion
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 7,707
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Velyka Lepetykha (Ukrainian: Велика Лепетиха; Russian: Великая Лепетиха) is an urban-type settlement in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Velyka Lepetykha settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The settlement is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, an artificial reservoir on the Dnieper. It has a population of 7,707 (2022 estimate).[2]

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Velyka Lepetykha was the administrative center of Velyka Lepetykha Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Velyka Lepetykha Raion was merged into Kakhovka Raion.[3][4]

Economy

Transportation

Velyka Lepetykha has access to a paved road which follows the left bank of the Dnieper and connects Kakhovka with Kamianka-Dniprovska. In Kakhovka, there is access to the Highway M14, connecting Kherson with Mariupol via Melitopol. Another road leads to Henichesk via Nyzhni Sirohozy.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Великолепетихская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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