| Strilecha | |||||||||
| Native Name: | Стрілеча | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||||
| Established Date: | 1695 | ||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 1.4 | ||||||||
| Population Total: | 2097 | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2001 census | ||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Strilecha within Ukraine | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 50.3028°N 36.4014°W | ||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||
| Postal Code: | 62411 | ||||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||
| Area Code: | +380 57 | ||||||||
| Elevation M: | 154 | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Ukraine | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kharkiv Oblast | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Kharkiv Raion | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
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Strilecha (uk|Стрілеча; ru|link=no|Стрелечья) is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine, located 36.44km (22.64miles) north-northeast (NNE) from the centre of Kharkiv. The settlement belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Strilecha is located at a distance of about 0.5km (00.3miles) from the Russia–Ukraine border.
Strilecha was founded in 1695 as a frontier settlement of the expanding Tsardom of Russia.
The village was occupied by the Russian military on 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] Ukrainian troops first arrived in the village on 13 September 2022, after a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.[1] Strilecha was once again captured by Russian forces on 10 May 2024 during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.[2]
In 2001 the settlement had 2097 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: