| Novodarivka | |||||||||
| Native Name: | Новода́рівка | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 47.7808°N 36.6344°W | ||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 0.841 | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Zaporizhzhia | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Polohy | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Malynivka | ||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Novodarivka within Zaporizhzhia Oblast | ||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||
| Module: |
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| Population Total: | 48 | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2001 | ||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
Novodarivka (;) is a village in southern Ukraine. Administratively, it is part of Malynivka rural hromada, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In 2001, it had a population of 48 people.
The village was part of Huliaipole Raion until 17 July 2020, when in accordance with country-wide decentralization reforms in Ukraine, Huliaipole Raion was abolished and its territory merged into Polohy Raion.[1]
During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village fell under the occupation of the Russian military for over a year. The Russians heavily mined the village, and dug dugouts underneath residential houses.[2] On 4 June 2023, during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive the village was announced to have been liberated by 110th Detached Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces.[3] [4] After the village's liberation, on 11 June Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up a dam near the village and flooding both banks of the Mokri Yaly river.[5]
According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of Novodarivka was 85 people, of whom 35 were men and 50 were women.[6]
By the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population had shrunk to 48 people.[7] According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the native languages of the villagers were 86.27% Ukrainian, 11.76% Russian, and 1.97% unspecified other languages.[8]