Slatyne (, ) 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. ...

Kharkiv Raion Kharkiv Raion () is a raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the city of Kharkiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of rai ...

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 is located on the left bank of the

Lopan The Lopan (Russian and Ukrainian: Лопань) is a river that rises in Belgorod Oblast of Russia and flows across the Russian-Ukrainian border into Kharkiv Oblast where it joins the Udy in Kharkiv. The river is long. The river Kharkiv Kha ...

, 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

Don Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gu ...

. Slatyne belongs to

Derhachi urban hromada Derhachi urban hromada is a hromada (municipality) of Ukraine, in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Derhachi. Population: Until 18 July 2020, the hromada belonged to Derhachi Raion. The raion was abolishe ...

, 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. Retrieved 2020-10-03 Population:

History

Until 18 July 2020, Slatyne belonged to

Derhachi Raion Derhachi Raion () was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the town of Derhachi. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions ...

. 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 Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Slatyne 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 Slatyne became a rural settlement.Retrieved 2024-04-26

Geography

Slatyne is located north of

Derhachi Derhachi (, ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The town is northwest of the administrative center of the oblast, Kharkiv. The settlement was founded in the second half of the 17th century a ...

, in the northern part of the

, next to

Prudianka Prudianka (, ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Lopan, in the drainage basin of the Don (river), Don. Prudianka belongs to Der ...

. The

Lopan River The Lopan (Russian and Ukrainian: Лопань) is a river that rises in Belgorod Oblast of Russia and flows across the Russian-Ukrainian border into Kharkiv Oblast where it joins the Udy in Kharkiv. The river is long. The river Kharkiv Kha ...

, a left tributary of the

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(

Donets Basin The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets (), is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv ...

) flows through the village. Slatyne is located on the

Central Russian Upland The Central Russian Upland (also: Middle Russian Upland () and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of . Its highest peak is measured at . The southeastern porti ...

, within the

forest steppe A forest steppe is a temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest. Locations Forest steppe primarily occurs in a belt of forest steppes across northern Eurasia from the easter ...

natural zone, a small forest massif (oak) adjoins the village. The relief of the settlement is an undulating plain with ravines and gullies. Харківська область. Географічний атлас. Серія «Моя мала Батьківщина» – 2021 р Retrieved 2025-07-15 The Slatyne Reservoir is located on the territory of the village. The climate of Slatyne is temperate continental with cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is +8.7 °C (in January -4.5, in July +22). The average annual rainfall is 520 mm. The highest rainfall occurs in the summer. There are large forest areas (pine and deciduous trees) on the territory of the settlement. The soils of the community are

chernozems Chernozem ( ),; also called black soil, regur soil or black cotton soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compounds. Chernozem is very fertile soil and can ...

and meadow soils.

Economy

Transportation

Slatyne railway station is on the railway connecting

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

Kozacha Lopan Kozacha Lopan (, ; ) is a rural settlement in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Lopan in the drainage basin of the Don, about from the border with Russia. Kozacha Lopan belongs to Derhachi urban hromada, o ...

Belgorod Belgorod (, ) is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately north of the border with Ukraine. It has a population of It was founded in 1596 as a defensiv ...

. The settlement has road access to Highway M20 which connects Kharkiv with the Russian border and continues across the border to Belgorod.

References

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