Amvrosiivka
| Amvrosiivka Амвросіївка |
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| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Donetsk | ||
| Founded | 1869 | ||
| City status | 1938 | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 19.4 km2 (7.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 19,021 | ||
| Website | http://www.slavrada.gov.ua/ | ||
Amvrosiivka (Ukrainian: Амвросіївка; Russian: Амвросиевка; since 1869) is a city and the administrative center of the Amvrosiivka Raion within Donetsk Oblast (province), Ukraine. Population: 18,832 (2013 est.)[1].
It was first founded in 1869 as a train station settlement on the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov Railway, and it received city status in 1938. Since 1896, a cement factory is located within the city, and cement production has been the dominant industry of the city.[2] Also located within the city is a history museum, industrial technical school, 6 schools, 11 libraries, 9 hospitals, a pharmacy, a movie theater, a club, and a sport stadium.
The city's population peaked at about 24,406 in 1979.[3]
On July 15, 2014, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight wounded when Amvrosiivka was hit by several "Grad" rockets.[citation needed]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
References
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- ↑ Амвросиевка entry, in The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR, Donetsk Oblast section pp. 138-48
- ↑ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-cities.htm
- ↑ [1]
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