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Kurakhove

Coordinates: 47°59′N 37°16′E / 47.983°N 37.267°E / 47.983; 37.267
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Kurakhove
Курахове
City
Kurakhove Reservoir and power station
Kurakhove Reservoir and power station
Flag of Kurakhove
Official seal of Kurakhove
Kurakhove is located in Ukraine
Kurakhove
Kurakhove
Kurakhove is located in Donetsk Oblast
Kurakhove
Kurakhove
Coordinates: 47°59′N 37°16′E / 47.983°N 37.267°E / 47.983; 37.267
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk
RaionKurakhove Municipality
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
18,782

Kurakhove (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru) is a city in Marinka Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 18,782 (2020 est.)[1]; 21,479 (2001). At Kurakhove, there is Kurakhove Power Station.

In Kurakhove the 11 May 2014 Donetsk Oblast independence referendum was conducted; but the city did not became part of the territory controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (who held the referendum).[2] Since then the city is 10 miles west of the frontlines of the War in Donbass.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
  3. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
  4. ^ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/kurakhove-a-ukrainian-controlled-city-10-kilometers-from-the-war-front-is-on-edge-with-residents-divided-392382.html