Vatutine
Ватутіне | |
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Coordinates: 49°00′43″N 31°04′17″E / 49.01194°N 31.07139°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Cherkasy Oblast |
Raion | Zvenyhorodka Raion |
Founded | 1947 |
City status | 1952 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vasyl Honcharenko |
Area | |
• Total | 1,089 km2 (420 sq mi) |
Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 15,763 |
• Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
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Postal code | 20250 |
Area code | +380-4740 |
Vatutine (Ukrainian: Ватутіне [wɐˈtutʲine]) is a city in Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vatutine urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] It had a population of 15,763 (2022 estimate).[1]
Vatutine gained status as a city in 1952.[3] Until 18 July 2020, Vatutine was designated as a city of oblast significance and belonged to Vatutine Municipality but not to any raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four, the city was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.[4][5]
The city was founded in 1946.[citation needed]
In January 1989, the population of the city was 20, 362 people.[6][3] In January 2013, the population of the city was 17, 653 people.[7]