Shchaslyvtseve ( uk, Щасливцеве) is a village in southern
Ukraine
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. The community is located on the
Arabat Spit
The Arabat Spit ( uk, Арабатська коса; russian: Арабатская коса) or Arabat Arrow is a spit (landform), barrier spit that separates the large, shallow and very salty Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. The spit runs ...
and is geographically in
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
, but administered as part of
Henichesk Raion
Henichesk Raion ( uk, Генічеський район) is one of the 5 administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located in the city of Henichesk. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as pa ...
,
Kherson Oblast. It belongs to
Henichesk urban hromada
Henichesk ( uk, Гені́чеськ, Heniches’k, ; rus, links=on, Гени́ческ, r=Genichesk, p=ɡʲɪˈnʲit͡ɕɪsk) is a port city along the Sea of Azov in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative cen ...
, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Shchaslyvtseve is about 15 km south of
Henichesk
Henichesk ( uk, Гені́чеськ, Heniches’k, ; rus, links=on, Гени́ческ, r=Genichesk, p=ɡʲɪˈnʲit͡ɕɪsk) is a port city along the Sea of Azov in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre ...
, administrative center of the
district
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within which Shchaslyvtseve is located. Its position on the spit gives it easy access to the
Sea of Azov.
The community is considered a resort village and boasts a thermal spring. Its population is about 1,500 people.
References
Villages in Henichesk Raion
Spa towns in Ukraine
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