Kushuhum
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Kushuhum
Кушугум | |
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  Kushuhum Location of Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast  Kushuhum Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Zaporizhzhia Raion |
| Hromada | Kushuhum settlement hromada |
| Founded | 1770 |
| Settlement status | 1938 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.499 km2 (1.737 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 7,796  |
| • Density | 1,733/km2 (4,488/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 70450–451 |
| Area code | +380 61 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/[permanent dead link] |
Kushuhum or Kushugum (Ukrainian: Кушугум) is a rural settlement in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. Kushuhum hosts the administration of Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] In 2001, its population was 5,668 according to the census,[3] Kushuhum is the administrative center of the Kushuhum settlement council, a local government area.[3]
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.[3] It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir.
Until 26 January 2024, Kushuhum was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kushuhum became a rural settlement.[4]
