Nova Kakhovka
Nova Kakhovka
Нова Каховка | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 46°45′18″N 33°22′30″E / 46.75500°N 33.37500°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Kakhovka Raion |
| Hromada | Nova Kakhovka urban hromada |
| Founded | 28 February 1952 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (de facto) | Vladimir Leontyev |
| Area | |
• Total | 222.7 km2 (86.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 44,427 |
| Postal code | 74900 |
| Area code | +380 5549 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | novakahovka.com.ua |
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Nova Kakhovka (Ukrainian: Нова Каховка, IPA: [noˈwɑ kɐˈxɔu̯kɐ]; Russian: Новая Каховка, romanized: Novaya Kakhovka) is a city in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. Nova Kakhovka has been under Russian occupation since February 2022. Its estimated population in 2022 was 44,427.
Nova Kakhovka is an important port city on the east bank of the Dnieper River, where it meets the downstream end of the Kakhovka Reservoir. It forms one abutment of the Kakhovskyi Bridge over the hydroelectric Kakhovka Dam; the other is located in Beryslav. The city lies immediately downstream of the source of the North Crimean Canal that irrigates the Crimean Peninsula and can be said to control the seat of the channel.
On 6 June 2023, the dam was deliberately destroyed, causing catastrophic drainage of the reservoir. At the time, the dam was under the control of the Russian military, which had seized it in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.