Strilecha

Village in Kharkiv, Ukraine
Strilecha
Стрілеча
Village
50°18′10″N 36°24′05″E / 50.302778°N 36.401389°E / 50.302778; 36.401389
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv
RaionKharkiv
HromadaLyptsi rural hromada
Founded1695
Area
 • Total1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 (2001 census)[1]
 • Total2,097
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
62411
Area code+380 57
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Strilecha (Ukrainian: Стрілеча; Russian: Стрелечья) is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine, located 36.44 kilometres (22.64 mi) north-northeast (NNE) from the centre of Kharkiv City. The settlement belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Strilecha is located at a distance of about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Russia–Ukraine border.[2][3]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 2097 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ Karolina Hird; Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Kateryna Stepanenko; Frederick W. Kagan (17 September 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 17, 2023". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 18 September 2023. A Russian milblogger claimed that artillery and occasional combat engagements occur near Strilecha (25km northeast of Kharkiv City) on the international border.
  3. ^ "Russian attacks on Kharkiv Oblast kill 2, injure 7". The Kyiv Independent. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023. Additionally, Russian forces opened fired on a car on the road near the village of Strilecha, which is located on the Ukrainian-Russian border. According to the Interior Ministry, a man and a woman were killed, and an elderly man was injured.


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