Sofiivka
Софіївка | |
|---|---|
  Sofiivka | |
| Coordinates: 48°03′0″N 33°52′0″E / 48.05000°N 33.86667°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| District |  Kryvyi Rih District |
| Metropolitan area | Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,329 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Sofiivka (Ukrainian: Софіївка; Russian: Софиевка) is an urban-type settlement in Kryvyi Rih Raion, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sofiivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 6,329 (2022 estimate).[1]
Sofiivka is located on the banks of the Kamianka river, a right tributary of the Bazavluk in the basin of the Dnipro River.
Until 18 July 2020, Sofiivka was the administrative center of Sofiivka District. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Sofiivka Raion was merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion.[3][4]
Economy
Transportation
Sofiivka is on the H11 highway which connects Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih. It also have road access to Apostolove in the south and Piatykhatky in the north.
The closest railway station is in Devladove, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Sofiivka, on the railway connecting Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih.
References
- 1 2 Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ↑ "Софиевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.