Kushuhum

Urban locality in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine

Kushuhum Кушугум
Rural settlement

47°42′38″N 35°13′09″E / 47.71056°N 35.21917°E / 47.71056; 35.21917
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 ^[1]	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,796
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.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of Kushuhum is 7,764 people. According to the 2022 estimate, the population is 7,796 people.

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:^[4]


Language	Percentage
Ukrainian	84.5%
Russian	15.2%
other	0.3%

References

^ "Kushuhum (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Кушугумська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 14 January 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/