Country Ukraine Area 14 km² Local time Sunday 5:26 AM | Oblast Donetsk Population 20,098 (2013) | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind S at 23 km/h, 87% Humidity | ||
Kurakhove (Ukrainian: Курахове, Russian: Курахово) is a city in Marinka Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 20,098 (2013 est.); 21,479 (2001). At Kurakhove, there is Kurakhove Power Station.
Map of Kurakhove, Donetska, Ukraine
In Kurakhove the 11 May 2014 Donetsk Oblast independence referendum was conducted; but the city did not became part of the territory controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (who held the referendum). Since then the city is 10 miles west of the frontlines of the War in Donbass.
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Kurakhove Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA