| Official Name: | Lokhvytsia |
| Native Name: | Лохвиця |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Poltava Oblast |
| Pushpin Map1: | Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 50.3598°N 49.336°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name1: | Poltava Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Myrhorod Raion |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1320 |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.92 |
| Elevation M: | 105 |
| Population Total: | 11014 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Region Type Local: | Raion |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lokhvytsia urban hromada |
Lokhvytsia (Ukrainian: Лохвиця, in Ukrainian pronounced as /ˈɫɔxwɪt͡sʲɐ/) is a city in Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the . Lokhvytsia hosts the administration of Lokhvytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population:
In addition to the Ukrainian Ukrainian: Лохвиця (Lokhvytsia), in other languages the name of the city is Russian: Ло́хвица|Lokhvitsa and Yiddish: לאחװיצא.
The name of the river Lokhvytsia, as well as the town, comes from the Old Slavonic word lokhve which means "salmon".
At the time of Kievan Rus' the territory where the town is located was part of Principality of Pereyaslavl. The precise date of the foundation is unknown. From written records, it can be determined that Lokhvytsia existed prior to 1320.
In 1644, Magdeburg rights were granted to the town so that all town issues were to be resolved by a city council, elected by the wealthy citizens. In 1648–1658, Lokhvytsia was a Sotnia town of the Myrhorod Cossack Regiment, later (1658-І781 р.р.) of the Lubny Cossack Regiment.
During World War II, Lokhvytsia was occupied by the German Army from September 12, 1941 to September 12, 1943. This was the town where the pincers of 1st Panzer Army (Kleist) and 2nd Panzer Army (Guderian) linked up, encircling more than 600,000 Soviet troops east of Kyiv.
The Hlynsko-Rozbyshiv (Myrhorod district) oil and gas deposits provide large volumes of oil and gas sufficient for the entire Poltava Oblast and beyond. Poltava oil is of high-quality: it contains up to 55 per cent of light oil and is quite low in sulphur. The natural gas consists of almost 70% of propane-butane fractions, which make it a valuable raw material for the chemical industry, such as the production of synthetic fibres and plastics.
Until 18 July 2020, Lokhvytsia was the administrative center of Lokhvytsia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Lokhvytsia Raion was merged into Myrhorod Raion.[2] [3]
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[4]
| Language | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 96.65% | |
| Russian | 3.09% | |
| other/undecided | 0.26% |