| Enerhodar | |||||||
| Native Name: | Ukrainian: Енергодар | ||||||
| Other Name: | Russian: Энергодар | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | City | ||||||
| Image Blank Emblem: | Enerhodar Logo.jpg | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Zaporizhia Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Enerhodar in Zaporizhia Oblast##Location of Enerhodar in Ukraine | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Vasylivka Raion | ||||||
| Leader Title: | de jure Mayor | ||||||
| Leader Name: | Dmytro Orlov[1] | ||||||
| Leader Title1: | Russian appointed de facto mayor | ||||||
| Leader Name1: | Andriy Shevchik[2] | ||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||
| Established Date: | 1970 | ||||||
| Established Title2: | City status | ||||||
| Established Date2: | 1985 | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 63.5 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 52237 | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | 858 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 47.4989°N 34.6558°W | ||||||
| Elevation M: | 29 | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 71500—599 | ||||||
| Area Code: | +380 6139 | ||||||
| Blank Name: | Climate | ||||||
| Blank Info: | Dfa | ||||||
| Motto: | We give energy | ||||||
| Flag Border: | no | ||||||
| Blank Emblem Type: | Brandmark | ||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||
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| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Enerhodar urban hromada | ||||||
Enerhodar (; Ukrainian: Енергодар|, pronounced as /uk/, ; Russian: Энергодар|Energodar) is a city and municipality in the northwest of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It is on the south bank of the Dnieper River, on the opposite side of the Kakhovka Reservoir from Nikopol and Chervonohryhorivka.
Its main industry is electricity generation, at a coal-fired power station and a large nuclear power station. It has an estimated population of About 11,000 residents work at the nuclear power station.[3]
Since early 2022, it has been under Russian occupation.[4]
Enerhodar was founded on 12 June 1970 for building and serving the Zaporizhzhia thermal power station.
For two years, the town had no name. Zaporizhzhia TPP was under construction, and the town grew. On 23 November 1972, the village of power engineers was named Enerhodar.
The complex development of Enerhodar was combined with the high rate of construction of the thermal power plant. Residential areas, kindergartens, the Energodar Hotel, and the Palace of Culture "Sovremennik" were built simultaneously with the plant's units. Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant reached full capacity in September 1977.
It obtained city status in 1985, while part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, was built there in the 1980s. Construction of the building began in 1980, and its first unit was commissioned in late 1985. In 1991, the city became part of independent Ukraine.
The city's two power plants continue to be major employers for its inhabitants into the 21st century.
See also: Battle of Enerhodar. On 28 February 2022, Russia claimed to have captured the city and the nuclear power plant. The mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, denied the claim.[5]
Civilians built a large barricade of sandbags and vehicles on the road to the nuclear power plant in an attempt to hinder Russian troop advancement.[6] The Ukrainian military administration for the southeast confirmed on 7 March that Enerhodar had been occupied by Russian forces.[7]