Kaharlyk | |
Native Name: | Кагарлик |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Kyiv Oblast#Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 49.8522°N 30.8092°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Kyiv Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Obukhiv Raion |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1142 |
Established Title2: | City rights |
Established Date2: | 1971-08-03 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Oleksandr Panyuta[1] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 13133 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code: | 09200 - 09205 |
Area Code: | +380 4573 |
Subdivision Name3: | Kaharlyk urban hromada |
Kaharlyk is a small city in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine, located in Obukhiv Raion. Kaharlyk hosts the administration of Kaharlyk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population:
In 1858, a sugar plant was built here.
Later in the 19th century it was a center of Kagarlyk volost[3] in Kievsky Uyezd of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire.
In the 1930s a dairy plant was built here during industrialization.
During World War II it was occupied by Axis troops from August 3, 1941 until January 8, 1944.
In 1952, it was a large village. There were a sugar plant, a dairy plant, four schools, a library, one sovkhoz and one MTS.[4]
Urban-type settlement from 1956 until 1971, town since 1971.[5]
In January 1989, the population was 14,065,[6] there were several food industry enterprises.[7]
In 2011 a security checkpoint "Kaharlyk" was built here.[8]
In January 2013, population was 13,758 people.[9]
In May 2020, the 2020 Kaharlyk police rape gained widespread media attention across Ukraine, spurring protests.
Until 18 July 2020, Kaharlyk served as an administrative center of Kaharlyk Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kaharlyk Raion was merged into Obukhiv Raion.[10] [11]