Enerhodar

Enerhodar
Enerhodar; Енергодар
	City of regional significance
	Enerhodar at night
	Flag Coat of arms
	Enerhodar Location of Enerhodar in Ukraine
	Coordinates: 47°29′56″N 34°39′21″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zaporizhia
Founded	1970
City status	1985
Government
• Mayor	Pavel Muzyika[1]
Area
• Total	63.5 km2 (24.5 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	54,490
• Density	858/km2 (2,220/sq mi)
Area code(s)	+380 6139
Climate	Dfa
Website	www.en.gov.ua

Enerhodar (Ukrainian: Енергода́р) is a city in north-west part of Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. The population is 54,708 (2013 est.)[2].

Enerhodar is located on the left bank of Dnieper River near the Kakhovka Reservoir. The city was founded on June 12, 1970, for building and serving the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe. Its major employers are the nuclear plant as well as a coal-fired thermal power station owned by Ukraine power company DTEK also located in the city.

Points of interest

Gallery

City Hall
Enerhodar as seen from thermal power plant chimney
A tennis court in Enerhodar
Victory Park in winter
Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant

References

"The Mayor of Energodar has been wanted" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

External links

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[1] "The Mayor of Energodar has been wanted" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[ua2013estimate-2] Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.