Kremenchuk

Kremenchuk
Кременчук
Kremenchug
City
Top left: Soborna Street, Top right: Dnieper River and Kriukiv Bridge, Center: Victory Square, Bottom left: Memorial to the Forever Alive, Bottom right: Saint Nicolas Church
Top left: Soborna Street, Top right: Dnieper River and Kriukiv Bridge, Center: Victory Square, Bottom left: Memorial to the Forever Alive, Bottom right: Saint Nicolas Church
Flag of Kremenchuk
Coat of arms of Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk is located in Poltava Oblast
Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk
Location in Poltava Oblast
Kremenchuk is located in Ukraine
Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°03′47″N 33°24′14″E / 49.06306°N 33.40389°E / 49.06306; 33.40389
Country Ukraine
OblastPoltava Oblast
RaionKremenchuk Raion
HromadaKrememchuk urban hromada
Founded1571
Districts
Government
 • MayorVitalii Maletskyi
Area
 • Total96 km2 (37 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total215,271
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postcode district(s)
39600-39689[1]
Area code5366[2]
Vehicle registrationBI[3]
Websitewww.kremen.gov.ua
The Dnieper River in Kremenchuk, Ukraine

Kremenchuk (/ˌkrɛmənˈk, ˌkrɪmɪnˈ-/; Ukrainian: Кременчук, IPA: [kremenˈtʃuk] , also spelt Kremenchug) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnieper River. The city serves as the administrative center of Kremenchuk Raion and Kremenchuk urban hromada within Poltava Oblast.[4] Its population is approximately 215,271 (2022 estimate),[5] ranking 31st in Ukraine. In 2001, the Ukrainian government included the city in the list of historical settlements.[6]

Although not as large as some oblast centers, Kremenchuk has a large industrial center in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. A KrAZ truck plant, the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery of Ukrtatnafta, the Kriukiv Railway Car Building Works, and Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant, in nearby Svitlovodsk, are located in or near Kremenchuk. Highway M22 crosses the Dnieper over the dam of the power plant.

Originally established on the left bank, Kremenchuk eventually incorporated the city of Kriukiv [uk] on the right bank. The Kriukiv Railway Car Building Works is one of the oldest railway-repair and rail-car-building factories in Eastern Europe, dating from 1869.[7]

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  3. ^ (in Russian) How new plates are decoded www.autoonline.com.ua
  4. ^ "Кременчугская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Про затвердження Списку історичних населених місць України". zakon2.rada.gov.ua. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Kryukov Railway Car Building Works". Kryukov Rail Car Building Works Home Page. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-03.