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Kremenchuk Кременчук |
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| City of regional significance | |||
Top left:Soborna Street, Top right:Dnieper River and Kryukov Bridge, Center:Victory Square, Bottom left:Memorial of Vichno Zhyuyn, Bottom right:Saint Nicolas Church
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 Map of Ukraine with Kremenchuk highlighted within Poltava Oblast. |
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| Coordinates: 49°04′00″N 33°25′00″E / 49.06667°N 33.41667°ECoordinates: 49°04′00″N 33°25′00″E / 49.06667°N 33.41667°E | |||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast | Poltava Oblast | ||
| Raion | Kremenchutskyi Raion | ||
| Founded | 1571 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Vitalij Maleckiy | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 223,805 | ||
| • Density | 2,448/km2 (6,340/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postcode district(s) | 39600-39689 | ||
| Area code(s) | 5366 | ||
| Vehicle registration | BI | ||
| Sister cities | Providence, Barysaw, Bydgoszcz, Bila Tserkva | ||
| Website | www |
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Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: Кременчу́к, Kremenčuk, Ukrainian pronunciation: [krɛmenˈtʃuk]; Russian: Кременчу́г, translit. Kremenchug), an important industrial city in central Ukraine, stands on the banks of the Dnieper River. Kremenchuk is the administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (district) in Poltava Oblast (province). Kremenchuk is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 223,805 (2015 est.) Along with Svitlovodsk and Horishni Plavni, it creates an important urban agglomeration and transportation hub.
Although smaller than some oblast centers and cities of regional significance, Kremenchuk carries importance of a large industrial center in Ukraine and Eastern Europe as the base of the KrAZ truck plant, Kremenchuk Oil Refinery of Ukrtatnafta, the Kryukov Railway Car Building Works, and nearly located (Svitlovodsk) Kremenchuk HES. The Kryukov Railway Car Building Works is one of the oldest railway repair and rail-car building factories in Eastern Europe, dates back to 1869.
Kremenchuk was supposedly founded in 1571. The name Kremenchuk is explained as deriving from the word "kremen" - flint (a mineral) because the city is located on a giant chert plate. An alternative explanation says that "Kremenchuk" is the Turkish for "small fortress".
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