Novoazovsk

Novoazovsk
Main square of Novoazovsk
Main square of Novoazovsk
Coat of Arms
Novoazovsk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk
Location of Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk is located in Ukraine
Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 47°6′53″N 38°4′48″E / 47.11472°N 38.08000°E / 47.11472; 38.08000
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionKalmiuske Raion
HromadaNovoazovsk urban hromada
Government
 • MayorOleh Sidorenko
Area
 • Total8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total11,051
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
ClimateDfa
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Novoazovsk (Ukrainian: Новоазовськ, pronounced [no.wo.ɐˈzɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Новоазовск, IPA: [nəvə.ɐˈzofsk]) is a border city on the south-eastern tip of Ukraine (near the border with Russia),[1] in Kalmiuske Raion (district), in Donetsk Oblast (province). Population: 11,051 (2022 estimate)[2]; 12,702 (2001).

  • 1849–1923 Novonikolayevka
  • 1923–1959 Budyonivka
  • 1959–present Novoazovsk

Novoazovsk and adjacent areas are the only places in Ukraine where the great black-headed gull (Larus ichthyaetus) lives.[3]

  1. ^ Ukraine steps up security at Novoazovsk border check point Archived 2014-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (17 March 2014)
  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. ^ "Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-15.