Yakymivka

Yakymivka
Якимівка
Flag of Yakymivka
Coat of arms of Yakymivka
Yakymivka is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Yakymivka
Yakymivka
Location in Ukraine
Yakymivka is located in Ukraine
Yakymivka
Yakymivka
Yakymivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 46°42′N 35°10′E / 46.700°N 35.167°E / 46.700; 35.167
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Raion Melitopol Raion
Founded1833
Population
 (2022)
 • Total11,069
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Yakymivka (Ukrainian: Якимівка) is a rural settlement in Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, east-central Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative center of Yakymivka Raion until the raion was abolished in 2020. Population: 11,069 (2022 estimate).[1]

Yakymivka was first mentioned in historical documents in 1833 and named in honor of Yakym Kolosov, regional police ispravnic.

  1. ^ 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.