Settlement status 1938 Area 4.499 km² Local time Sunday 9:49 AM | Founded 1770 Elevation 60 m (200 ft) Population 8,258 (2013) | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 87% Humidity | ||
Kushuhum or Kushugum (Ukrainian: Кушугум) is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Population: 8,258 (2013 est.). In 2001, its population was 5,668 according to the census, Kushuhum is the administrative center of the Kushuhum Council, a local government area.
Map of Kushuhum, Zaporizka, Ukraine
The settlement was first founded in 1770 as the village of Velyka Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Велика Катеринівка). In 1938, it was renamed to Kushuhum and given the status of an urban-type settlement. It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir.
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