Vasylivka

Vasylivka
Василівка


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Vasylivka

Location of Vasylivka

Coordinates: 47°26′3″N 35°16′35″E / 47.43417°N 35.27639°E / 47.43417; 35.27639
Country
Oblast
Raion
Ukraine
Zaporizhia Oblast
Vasylivsky Raion
Founded 1784
City rights 1957
Area
  Land 10.23 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population (2013)
  Total 13 996
Postal code 71602
Area code(s) +380-6175
Climate] Dfa

Vasylivka (Ukrainian: Василівка; Russian: Васильевка) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Vasylivka Raion. The city is situated on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River. Population: 13,996(2013 est.)[1]. In 2001, according to the census, population was 15,592.

The area was settled by the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 1740s. In 1788, Catherine II of Russia granted the region to Vasili Stepanovich Popov, a Russian general whose name Vasylivka still bears. His grandson built the Popov Castle there. The residence was visited by Anton Makarenko in 1925.

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Coordinates: 47°26′N 35°16′E / 47.433°N 35.267°E / 47.433; 35.267

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