Merefa

Merefa (Ukrainian: Мeрeфa) is a city in eastern Ukraine. It is located in Kharkiv Raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast (province). Merefa hosts the administration of Merefa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 21,421 (2021 est.)[2]

Merefa
Мерефа
Church of the Nativity of Theotokos in Merefa
Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionKharkiv Raion
HromadaMerefa urban hromada
Population
 (2021)
 • Total21,421
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

It was a village in Kharkov uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

City since 1938.[3]

In January 1989 the population was 28 952 people.[4][3]

In January 2013 the population was 22 280 people.[5]

Transport
  • a railway station[3]
  • A school in Merefa
  • Entrance to Avanhard Stadium, Merefa

References
  1. "Мерефянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  3. Мерефа // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.794
  4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.100

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