Novyi Buh

City in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine

Place

Novyi Buh Новий Буг
47°41′N 32°30′E / 47.683°N 32.500°E / 47.683; 32.500
Country Oblast Raion Metropolitan area	Ukraine Mykolaiv Oblast Bashtanka Raion Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area
Founded	1810
Government
• Mayor	Andrij Shevchuk
Area
• Total	12 km² (5 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	14,782
• Density	1,200/km² (3,200/sq mi)
Postal code	55600

Novyi Buh (Ukrainian: Нови́й Буг, pronounced [ˈnɔwɪj buɦ] ^ⓘ) is a city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Bashtanka Raion, Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novyi Buh urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2] Population: 14,782 (2022 estimate).^[1] In 2001, population was 16,250. The Inhul River Park partly falls within the town.

History

Until 18 July 2020, Novyi Buh was the administrative center of Novyi Buh Raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four, Novyi Buh Raion was merged into Bashtanka Raion.^[3]^[4] The city was not greatly affected by the Russia-Ukraine war.

References

^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Новобужская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.