Verkhnodniprovsk

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Verkhnodniprovsk
native_name = Верхньодніпровськ
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subdivision_type = Country
Oblast
Raion
subdivision_name =Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1779
established_title1 = City rights
established_date1 = June 5, 1806
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Gennadiy Mykolayovych Lebid'
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population_as_of = 2001
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population_total = 16976|population_footnotes=
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Verkhnodniprovsk
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latd=48 |latm=39 |lats=22 |latNS=N
longd=34 |longm=19 |longs=42 |longEW=E
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postal_code = 51600
area_code = +380 5658
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website = http://www.vdn.dp.ua/
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Verkhnodniprovsk ( _uk. Верхньодніпровськ; _ru. Верхнеднепровск) is a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 16,976 (2001). Serving as the administrative center of the Verkhnodniprovskyi Raion (district). City is located at confluence of Samotkan river into Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir at Dnieper River.

Transport

City is located convert|13|km|0|abbr=on from train station named Verkhnodniprovsk in Novomykolaivka, convert|25|km|abbr=on north-west from Dniprodzerzhynsk, convert|73|km|abbr=on north-west from Dnipropetrovsk.

Famous people

Verkhnodniprovsk was the birthplace of politician Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918-90).

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