| Novohrodivka | |
| Native Name: | Новогродівка |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Novohrodivka urban hromada |
| Coordinates: | 48.2°N 37.3394°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Novohrodivka |
| Population Total: | 14037 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Established Date: | 1939 |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
Novohrodivka (pronounced as /uk/;) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Novohrodivka urban hromada. It is located from Donetsk and 7km (04miles) from Selydove. Population: 17,473 (2001).
The settlement was founded in 1939 as Hrodivka with the construction of a coal mine. The settlement was occupied by Nazi Germany from October 1941 to September 1943 during World War II.[1]
Novohrodivka received city status and its modern name in 1958.[1]
In 2020, Novohrodivka became part of Pokrovsk Raion and the administrative center of the newly formed Novohrodivka urban hromada.[1]
The city has repeatedly come under Russian strikes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties.[2] [3] [4] In August 2024, amidst recent Russian advances in the area near Novohrodivka, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from the city.[5]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[6]