Petrove () or Petrovo () 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
Oleksandriia Raion
Oleksandriia Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Oleksandriia, which was incorporated separately as a city of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast si ...
of
Kirovohrad Oblast
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(
region
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) of
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Petrove settlement hromada, one of the
hromada
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s of Ukraine.
Population: .
Petrove is situated midway between
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi (, ) is a city in central Ukraine, situated on the Inhul, Inhul River. It serves as the administrative center of Kirovohrad Oblast. Population:
Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name several times. The settlement ...
and
Dnipro
Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is t ...
cities on the bank of the
Inhulets River
The Inhulets () or Ingulets () is a river, a right tributary of the Dnieper, that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of and a drainage basin of .
The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the west of Topylo ...
.
Petrove is a populated place of Petrove Settlement Council, which is a municipal community and beside the town also includes three neighboring villages.
History
It was a village
Cossack Hetmanate
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(later annexed in
Russian Empire
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, Petrove was the part of
Kherson Governorate
Kherson Governorate, known until 1803 as Nikolayev Governorate, was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kherson. It encompassed in area and had a population of 2,733,612 inhabitants. At t ...
).
In January 1989 the population was 9844 people.
In January 2013 the population was 7530 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Petrove was the administrative center of
Petrove Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Petrove Raion was merged into Oleksandriia Raion.
Until 26 January 2024, Petrove 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 Petrove became a rural settlement.
See also
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FC Inhulets Petrove
Football Club Inhulets Petrove () is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. The club colours ...
References
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Rural settlements in Oleksandriia Raion