Petrove

Petrove (Ukrainian: Петрове) is an urban-type settlement in Oleksandriia Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Petrove settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,914 (2022 estimate)[2].

Petrove
Петрове
Urban-type settlement
Petrove
Flag of Petrove
Coat of arms of Petrove
Petrove is located in Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast
Petrove
Petrove
Petrove is located in Ukraine
Petrove
Petrove
Coordinates: 48°20′33″N 33°16′30″E
CountryUkraine
OblastKirovohrad Oblast
RaionOleksandriia Raion
Population
 (2022)
  Total6,914
Postal code
383XX
Area code+380 5237

Petrove is situated midway between Kropyvnytskyi and Dnipro cities on the bank of the Inhulets River.

Petrove is a populated place of Petrove town council, which is a municipal community and beside the town also includes three neighboring villages.

History

It was a village Cossack Hetmanate (later annexed in Russian Empire, Petrove was the part of Kherson Governorate).

In January 1989 the population was 9844 people.[3]

In January 2013 the population was 7530 people.[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Petrove was the administrative center of Petrove Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Petrove Raion was merged into Oleksandriia Raion.[5][6]

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