Obukhiv
| Obukhiv Обухів Обухов | |||
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| Town | |||
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  Obukhiv | |||
 Obukhiv | |||
| Coordinates: 50°7′48″N 30°39′24″E / 50.13000°N 30.65667°ECoordinates: 50°7′48″N 30°39′24″E / 50.13000°N 30.65667°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Kiev Oblast | ||
| Raion | Obukhiv Raion | ||
| Founded | 1362 | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 24.2 km2 (9.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 177 m (581 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 32,737 | ||
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 08700—08705 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 4572 | ||
Obukhiv (Ukrainian: Обухів, Russian: Обухов) is a city in Kiev Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 32,776 (2001).
Obukhiv is an administrative center of the Obukhiv Raion. To its municipality directly subordinated two other nearby villages: Lendy and Tatsenky. The city has a Holodomor memorial and in 2009 the municipal administration took down the Lenin monument which was repeatedly vandalized. It is 178 KM south - southeast of Chernobyl.
History
Geography
Obukhiv has a dry sub-humid (0.5 - 0.65 p/pet) climate. The land area is not cultivated, most of the natural vegetation is still intact. The landscape is mostly covered with mosaic vegetation/croplands. The climate is classified as a humid continental (humid with severe winter, no dry season with a cool temperate moist forest bio-zone . The soil in the area is high in chernozems, phaeozems, greyzems (ch), dark colored, deep soils in organic matter, calcareous lower in profile, also typical of grass steppe/prairie.
Climate
July is warmest with an average temperature of 24.8°C at noon. January is coldest with an average temperature of -8.3°C at night. Obukhiv has distinct cold and warm seasons, like cold winters and warm summers. The temperatures at night are cooler than during daytime.[1]
Winter has prolonged freezing periods, with the coldest month most often being December. July is on average the month with most sunshine. Rainfall and other precipitation has no distinct peak month.[1]
| Climate data for Obukhiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
15.0 (59) |
10.0 (50) |
26.0 (78.8) |
35.0 (95) |
34.0 (93.2) |
36.8 (98.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.0 (59) |
37 (99) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
3.9 (39) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
18.9 (66) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
0.0 (32) |
24.8 (76.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.4 (32.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.9 (57) |
8.0 (46.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
3.9 (39) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −27.0 (−16.6) |
−30.0 (−22) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−10.0 (14) |
−25.0 (−13) |
−30.0 (−22) |
−30.0 (−22) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 35 (1.38) |
32 (1.26) |
34 (1.34) |
47 (1.85) |
55 (2.17) |
97 (3.82) |
74 (2.91) |
57 (2.24) |
60 (2.36) |
37 (1.46) |
45 (1.77) |
39 (1.54) |
612 (24.09) |
| Avg. rainy days | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 116 |
| Source: Obukhiv Weather History[2] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Culture
Government
Oleksandr Levchenko was elected Mayor in March 2012 (with 38.6% of the total vote); thanks to a low voter turnout of 43% with only 4,500.[3] Since the 2010 local elections Levchenko's Party of Regions also holds most seats in the 46 seats city council (18 with 39,1%), followed by UDAR of Vitaliy Klychko (11 with 23,9%).[3][4]
Transportation
Major Roads
Airports
The closest major airport is the Boryspil International Airport which is located 33 KM south west of Obukhiv.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Obukhiv is twinned with:
Gallery
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Monument Holodomor in Obukhiv, Ukraine.
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Monument Holodomor in Obukhiv, Ukraine.
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Monument to soldiers of war in Afghanistan (1979—1989)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ; Chinci World Atlas; February 4, 2011
- ↑ "Obukhiv Weather History". Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayoral elections in Obukhiv sound alarm bells for opposition, Z I K (19 March 2012)
PR:No falsification at Obukhiv elections, Kyiv Weekly (19 March 2012)
Tymoshenko:'If we don't unite today, tomorrow we will tap on walls in prison, rather than write letters', Interfax-Ukraine (20 March 2012) - ↑ (Ukrainian) Обухівська міська рада, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
Resources
- myobukhiv.com - information about local government and businesses in Obukhiv (in Russian and Ukrainian)
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