Sofiivka (; ) is a

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in Kryvyi Rih Raion, central

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. It hosts the administration of Sofiivka settlement hromada, 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. Population: Sofiivka is located on the banks of the Kamianka river, a right tributary of the

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in the basin of the

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History

Until 18 July 2020, Sofiivka was the administrative center of Sofiivka District. The ''

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'' was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Sofiivka Raion was merged into Kryvyi Rih Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Sofiivka was designated

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. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Sofiivka became a rural settlement.

Economy

Transportation

Sofiivka is on the H11 highway which connects

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and

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( ; , ), also known as Krivoy Rog ( ), is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropo ...

. It also have road access to Apostolove in the south and Piatykhatky in the north. The closest railway station is in Devladove, about northwest of Sofiivka, on the railway connecting Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih.

References

{{Authority control Rural settlements in Kryvyi Rih Raion Yekaterinoslav Governorate