Novyi Buh
In-game article clicks load inline without leaving the challenge.
Novyi Buh (Ukrainian: Новий Буг, pronounced [ˈnɔwɪjˈbuɦ] ⓘ) is a city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Bashtanka Raion, Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novyi Buh urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 14,782 (2022 estimate). In 2001, population was 16,250. The Inhul River Park partly falls within the town.
History
Until 18 July 2020, Novyi Buh was the administrative center of Novyi Buh Raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four, Novyi Buh Raion was merged into Bashtanka Raion.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Novyi Buh had a population of 16,200 people. In terms of ethnic backgrounds, the overwhelming majority of the population are ethnic Ukrainians, while a number of small minorities also exists in the city. The Ukrainian language is the first language of almost 95% of the city's population. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:
| percent | ||
| Ukrainians | 93.38% | |
| Russians | 4.38% | |
| Moldovans | 0.66% | |
| Belarusians | 0.59% | |
| Armenians | 0.51% | |
| Poles | 0.08% | |
| Azerbaijanis | 0.07% | |
| others | 0.33% |
| percent | ||
| Ukrainian | 94.5% | |
| Russian | 4.5% | |
| Moldovan | 0.4% | |
| Armenian | 0.4% | |
| Belarusian | 0.2% | |
| others | 0.1% |
Notable people
- Stepan Dybets (1887–1937), Ukrainian anarchist communist
External links
- during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.