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Desna
Десна
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Desna
Flag
Coat of arms of Desna
Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
RegionChernihiv Oblast
DistrictKozelets Raion
Town status1960
Government
 • Town HeadYuriy Ostashevskyi
Area
 • Total
0.08 km2 (0.03 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
125 m (410 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
Decrease 7,562
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
17024
Area code+380 4646
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Desna (Template:Lang-uk) is an urban-type settlement in the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine.[2] The town's population was 7,180 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census[2] and 7,562 in 2011.[3] It is named after the Desna River which flows through the town.

The town houses a major military training center (169th Training Centre) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

References

  1. ^ "Desna (Chernihiv Oblast, Kozelets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Desna, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Kozelets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Actual Population of Ukraine on January 1, 2011" (PDF). State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Main Statistical Office in L'viv region. Retrieved 26 March 2013.


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