Enerhodar
Enerhodar
Енергодар Энергодар | |
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Enerhodar viewed from a thermal power plant chimney | |
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| Coordinates: 47°29′56″N 34°39′21″E / 47.49889°N 34.65583°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Vasylivka Raion |
| Hromada | Enerhodar urban hromada |
| Founded | 1970 |
| City status | 1985 |
| Government | |
| • de jure Mayor | Dmytro Orlov |
| • Russian appointed de facto mayor | Andriy Shevchik |
| Area | |
• Total | 63.5 km2 (24.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 52,237 |
| • Density | 858/km2 (2,220/sq mi) |
| Area code | +380 6139 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | www |
Enerhodar (/ˌɛnərˈhoʊdɑːr/ EN-ər-HOH-dar; Ukrainian: Енергодар, IPA: [enerɦoˈdɑr], lit. 'energy's gift'; Russian: Энергодар, romanized: Energodar) is a city and municipality in the northwest of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It is on the left bank of the Dnieper River, on the opposite side of the Kakhovka Reservoir from Nikopol and Chervonohryhorivka.
Its main industry is electricity generation, at coal-fired and large nuclear power stations. It has an estimated population of 52,237 (2022 estimate). About 11,000 residents work at the nuclear power station.
Since early 2022, it has been under Russian occupation.