Zavallia, Kirovohrad Oblast
Zavallia (Ukrainian: Завалля; Russian: Завалье) is an urban-type settlement in Holovanivsk Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Southern Bug. Zavallia hosts the administration of Zavallia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,433 (2022 estimate).[2]
Zavallia
Завалля | |
|---|---|
Urban-type settlement | |
  Zavallia Location in Kirovohrad Oblast  Zavallia Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°12′09″N 30°00′52″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Raion | Holovanivsk Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 4,433 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Until 18 July 2020, Zavallia belonged to Haivoron 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 Haivoron Raion was merged into Holovanivsk Raion.[3][4]
Economy
Transportation
The settlement is connected by road with Haivoron and Savran. It has access to Highway M05 which connects Kyiv and Odesa.
Mining
The Zavalye mine is one of the largest graphite mines in Ukraine and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Kirovohrad Oblast. The mine has estimated reserves of 6.4 million tonnes of ore 7% graphite.[5]
References
- "Завальевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- "Zavalye Graphite Project" (PDF). northerngraphite.com. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-22.