Zhovti Vody

Zhovti Vody Жовті Води
Zhovti Vody Palace of Culture Zhovti Vody Palace of Culture
Flag of Zhovti Vody Flag Coat of arms of Zhovti Vody Coat of arms
Zhovti Vody Location of Zhovti Vody
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Raion	Zhovti Vody City Municipality
Founded	1895
City	1957
Area
• Total	33.25 km2 (12.84 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	47,509
• Density	1,588/km2 (4,110/sq mi)
Postal code	52290-
Area code(s)	+380-5652
Website	http://zhovtivody.dp.ua/

Zhovti Vody (Ukrainian: Жовті Води; Polish: Żółte Wody) is a town in south-central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province). Administratively, it is incorporated within Zhovti Vody municipality as a town of oblast significance, the status equivalent to that of a raion (district). Zhovti Vody is located on the Yellow River (Ukrainian: Річка Жовта) approximately 130 km (81 mi) west of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk. Population: 47,509 (2013 est.).

It is a center for the extraction and processing of uranium ore.

The historic Battle of Zhovti Vody was fought on the site of the present-day city.

The area has been referred to by the term Zhovti Vody (literally "yellow waters") since before the founding of the first village on the site in 1895.

Demographics

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Sport

There's a bandy team.[1]

Gallery

• Busbahnhof in Schowti Wody 2.JPG

  Bus station

• Eastern GOK Zentrale Schowti Wody.JPG

  Mining plant building

• Ehemalige Fabrik in Schowti Wody.jpg

  Former factory in Zhovti Vody

• Erzmine Nowa Schowti Wody Förderturm 3.JPG

  "Nova" mine

• Hauptstraße in Schowti Wody.jpg

  Main street

• Haus in der Altstadt.jpg

  Zhovti Vody Old Town

• New building in Zhovti Vody.jpg

  New building in Zhovti Vody

• Schowta bei Schowti Wody mit Schwänen (2).JPG

  Zhovta River

• Schowti Wody Alte orthodoxe Kirche totale.JPG

  Old Orthodox church

• Schowti Wody Historisches Museum Vorderansicht.JPG

  Zhovti Vody Museum of History

• Schowti Wody Kinderpark.JPG

  Children's park

• Schowti Wody Lyzeum.JPG

  Zhovti Vody Lycaeum

• Schowti Wody Neubaugebiet im Südwesten 1.JPG

  Apartment blocks in Zhovti Vody

• „Institute of Business Strategie“ Schowti Wody.JPG

  Institute of Business Strategy

• Жовті Води. Монумент Героям визвольної війни.jpg

  Liberation War monument

Famous People

• Inna Tsyganok, a professional russian triathlete
• Anastasia Polyanskaya, a professional russian triathlete

External links

• (Russian) Zhovti Vody News
• (Ukrainian) Information Card of the City - official site of the Parliament of Ukraine