Kacha (; ; ) is an

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 ...

under the City of Sevastopol's jurisdiction, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of

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and incorporated by

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as part of the Sevastopol

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History

Kacha was founded in 1912. It received urban-type settlement status in 1938.

Military outpost

There is an airbase in Kacha used by

and its

Black Sea Fleet The Black Sea Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea. The Black Sea Fleet, along with other Russian ground and air forces on the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, are subordin ...

Naval Air Force as headquarters for the 25th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment (25th AHR) and the 917th Independent Composite Air Regiment (917th ICAR). Occupied by Germany in part of 1942-part of 1944.

Demographics

* 1926 — 366 inhabitants * 1939 — 2,834 inhabitants * 1989 — 5,783 inhabitants * 2001 — 6,320 inhabitants

References

Geography of Sevastopol Rural settlements in Crimea Sevastopol {{Crimea-geo-stub

History

Military outpost

Demographics

See also

References