Place:Okhtyrka, Sumy, Ukraine

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NameOkhtyrka
Alt namesAchtyrkasource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Achyrumsource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 3
Akhtyrkasource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates50.3°N 34.883°E
Located inSumy, Ukraine
Contained Places
Unknown
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Budy
Chernechchyna
Chupakhivka
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Hrun'
I︠A︡senove
Khukhra
Komarivka
Komyshi
Kuzemyn
Lantrativka
Lutyshche
Mala Pavlivka
Okhtyrka
Oleshni︠a︡
Stara Ivanivka
Z︠H︡uravne
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Okhtyrka is a city located in Sumy Oblast (province). Okhtyrka has served as the administrative center of Okhtyrka Raion since 1975. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Okhtyrka was once home to Hussars and Cossacks. It was also once a regional seat of Sloboda Ukraine and the Ukrainian SSR. Since the discovery of oil and gas in 1961, Okhtyrka has become an "oil capital of Ukraine." It is home to Okhtyrka air base and historical and religious places of interest.

The villages of Velyke Osero (274 inhabitants), Saluschany (28 inhabitants), Prystan (7 inhabitants) and Kosiatyn (6 inhabitants) belong to the Okhtyrka city administration which is designated into a separate subdivision of the Sumy Oblast.

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