Eskhar

Summary

Eskhar (Ukrainian: Есхар, Russian: Эсхар) is a rural settlement in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the right bank of the Donets. Eskhar belongs to Novopokrovka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 5,163 (2022 estimate).[2]

Eskhar
Есхар
Eskhar is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Eskhar
Eskhar
Location in Kharkiv Oblast
Eskhar is located in Ukraine
Eskhar
Eskhar
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°47′49″N 36°35′27″E / 49.79694°N 36.59083°E / 49.79694; 36.59083
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionChuhuiv Raion
Population
 (2022)
 • Total5,163
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 26 January 2024, Eskhar was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Eskhar became a rural settlement.[3]

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The closest railway station, Dachi, is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the settlement, on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi. There is passenger traffic.

Eskhar is connected by road with Chuhuiv where there is road access to Highway M03 connecting Kharkiv and Sloviansk.

References edit

  1. ^ "Новопокровская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.