Nova Vodolaha (, ) is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

in Kharkiv Raion,

Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...

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. It hosts the administration of Nova Vodolaha settlement hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. Population: Nova Vodolaha is located in the banks of the Olkhovatka River, a short right tributary of the Mzha River in the

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of the

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History

It started as a village in Valky uyezd of

Kharkov Governorate Kharkov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called Sloboda Uk ...

of the

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. A local newspaper is published here since December 1931.

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

Новая Водолага // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 18. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974. since October 1938. During

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it was under German occupation from October 1941 to September 1943. In January 1989 the population was 14 979 people. In January 2013 the population was 13 583 people. Until 18 July 2020, Nova Vodolaha was the administrative center of Nova Vodolaha Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Nova Vodolaha Raion was split between Kharkiv and

Krasnohrad Raion Berestyn Raion (), formerly known as Krasnohrad Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Berestyn. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...

s, with Nova Vodolaha municipality being transferred to Kharkiv Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Nova Vodolaha was designated

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Nova Vodolaha became a rural settlement.

Economy

Transportation

Nova Vodolaha is on the Highway M29 which connects

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

and

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. North of the settlement the Highway M18 branches off east to Kharkiv. Vodolaha railway station, located here, is on the railway connecting Kharkiv (via

Merefa Merefa () is a city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Merefa hosts the administration of Merefa urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History It was a village in Kharkovsky Uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Ru ...

) and Dnipro (via

Krasnohrad Berestyn (, ), formerly known as Krasnohrad () or Krasnograd, is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. From 1784 to 1922, it was known as Kostiantynohrad. It serves as the administrative center of Berestyn Raion. Berestyn hosts the administration of ...

References

{{Authority control Rural settlements in Kharkiv Raion Valkovsky Uezd