Pishchanivka
Піщанівка | |
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Coordinates: 46°38′57″N 32°50′30″E / 46.649167°N 32.841667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
Raion | Kherson Raion |
Hromada | Oleshky urban hromada |
Status | 1955 |
Area | |
• Total | 25.046 km2 (9.670 sq mi) |
Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 582 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 75112 |
Area code | +380 5542 |
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Pishchanivka (Ukrainian: Піщанівка) is a village in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. It belongs to Oleshky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Before 1955, it was part of the village Pidstepne.
It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southeast of the riverbank of the Dnipro.[2]
Pishchanivka was captured by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022. Early on 18 October 2023, it was reported that Ukrainian forces had reached the village during an incursion during the Dnipro campaign.[2][3][4]
In 2001 the settlement had 582 inhabitants, native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]