Nizhnyi Rohachyk Explained

Nizhnyi Rohachyk
Native Name:Ukrainian: Ни́жній Рога́чик
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name1:Kherson Oblast
Subdivision Name2:Kakhovka Raion
Area Total Km2:1489
Population Total:305
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:202.82
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:74412
Area Code:+380 5545
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Kherson Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Nizhnyi Rohachyk
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Coordinates:47.3439°N 34.0319°W
Leader Title:Starosta
Leader Name:Ruslan Serhiyovich Chuprina
Elevation M:43
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Verkhniy Rohachyk settlement hromada

Nizhnyi Rohachyk (Ukrainian: Ни́жній Рога́чик) is a village in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. As of 2001, the village had 305 residents.

History

In 1886, 955 people lived in the village. Nizhnyi Rohacyk served as the center of Nizhnyi Rohachyk volost in Melitopolsky Uyezd of the Russian Empire. The volost comprised four villages: Babina (now Babyne), Karaydubina (now Berezhanka), Ushkalka, and Nizhnyi Rohachyk.[1]

Nizhnyi Rohachyk was occupied by Russian troops on February 26, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] It remains occupied as part of the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast.

Demographics

The 1989 Ukrainian SSR census put Nizhnyi Rohachyk's population at 327 people. 138 residents were men and 189 were women.[3] The population had diminished to 305 people in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[4] In the 2001 census, 96.36% of the village's population stated Ukrainian was their native language, 2.98% said Russian was their native language, and 0.66% stated Belarusian was their native language.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: February 1886 . Tsentralnago Statisticheskago Comiteta . June 11, 2024 . Harvard College Library.
  2. Web site: Військовий експерт пояснив, чому російські війська так швидко захопили Херсонську область . 2024-06-12 . www.unian.ua . uk.
  3. Web site: December 1, 1989 . Демографічні характеристики населення, народжуваність . June 11, 2024 . State Statistic Services of Ukraine.
  4. Web site: May 12, 2001 . Демографічні характеристики населення, народжуваність . June 11, 2024 . State Statistic Services of Ukraine.