Nova Kakhovka

Nowa Kachowka (Ukrainian Нова Каховка; Russian Новая Каховка / Novaya Kachowka ) is a city or county with 47,000 inhabitants in the southern Ukrainian Kherson on the left bank of the Dnieper River.

Geography

Through the city's European route E 58 Nearest large towns on this road runs are Kherson Melitopol in the West and in the East. In addition, it is located on the railway line Mykolaiv - Snihuriwka - Nowa Kachowka - Wolnowacha. The city has a river port in the southwest of Kachowkaer reservoir at the beginning of the North - Crimean channel.

The city district Nowa Kachowka include the city Tawrijsk, the urban-type settlement Dniprjany ( Дніпряни ), the villages Korsunka ( Корсунка ), Novi Laheri ( Нові Лагері ) Pischane ( Піщане ) Masliwka ( Маслівка ) and Obrywky ( Обривка ) and the settlements Rajske ( Райське ) Topoliwka ( Тополівка ) and Plodowe ( Плодове ).

History

The town of Nowa Kachowka was founded on February 28, 1952, where at the site since 1891, the village Kljutschowe (Russian Ключевое / Kljutschewoje ) had passed. It is located very close to the 1947/48 built dam of Kachowkaer Dneprstausees. Economically, in particular the engineering (electrical engineering) and the energy production of meaning. 1961, work began on the establishment of the North - Crimean channel through the southwest of the Kherson Oblast and the entire northern part of the Crimea are supplied with water.