Enerhodar
Енергодар Энергодар | |
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 Enerhodar viewed from a thermal power plant chimney | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): | |
  Enerhodar Location of Enerhodar in Zaporizhia Oblast  Enerhodar Location of Enerhodar in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°29′56″N 34°39′21″E / 47.49889°N 34.65583°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Vasylivka Raion |
| Hromada | Enerhodar urban hromada |
| Founded | 1970 |
| City status | 1985 |
| Government | |
| • de jure Mayor | Dmytro Orlov[1] |
| • Russian appointed de facto mayor | Andriy Shevchik[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63.5 km2 (24.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 52,237 |
| • Density | 858/km2 (2,220/sq mi) |
| Area code | +380 6139 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | www |
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Enerhodar (/ɛnərˈhoʊdɑːr/; Ukrainian: Енергодар, IPA: [enerɦoˈdɑr], lit. 'energy's gift'; Russian: Энергодар, romanized: Energodar) is a city and municipality in the northwest of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It is on the south bank of the Dnieper River, on the opposite side of the Kakhovka Reservoir from Nikopol and Chervonohryhorivka.
Its main industry is electricity generation, at coal-fired and large nuclear power stations. It has an estimated population of 52,237 (2022 estimate).[3] About 11,000 residents work at the nuclear power station.[4]
Since early 2022, it has been under Russian occupation.[5]
- ^ "Enerhodar City Council". Енергодарська міська рада. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Оккупанты показали своего ставленника в захваченном Энергодаре: коллаборант – из ОПЗЖ" [The invaders showed their protege in the captured Energodar: collaborator from the Opposition Platform for Life]. news.liga.net. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Santora, Marc; Kramer, Andrew E. (23 August 2022). "In Ukraine, a nuclear plant held hostage". New York Times. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine after 11th night of war: Mayor killed, towns taken, Moscow promises civilian corridors to Russia". Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.