Kurakhove
Kurakhove is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 18,220; 21,479. Kurakhove is home to the Kurakhove Power Station. The city has been under Russian occupation since December 2024, the power station since January 2025.
- Type: Town with 20,200 residents
- Description: city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Kurachovas”, “Kurachovgres”, “Kurachovgresstroj”, “Kurachovo”, “Kurah’ivdres”, “Kurah’ivdresbud”, “Kurahhovo”, “Kurahovo”, “Kurakhovo”, “Kurakhovstroy”, “Novo-Ulakly”, “Petrovka”, “Roy”, “Roya”, “Κουραχόβε”, “Κουράχοβο”, “Курахівдрес”, “Курахівдресбуд”, “Кураховгрэс”, and “库拉霍沃”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Роя and Kurakhove Power Station.
Kurakhove Power Station
Power station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stepanivka and Illinka.
Stepanivka
Hamlet
Stepanivka is a village in the Pokrovsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Stepanivka is situated 3½ km northeast of Kurakhove.
Illinka
Village
Illinka is a rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Illinka is situated 3½ km northeast of Kurakhove.
Ostrivske
Village
Ostrivske is a rural settlement near Kurakhove in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Ostrivske is situated 5 km northeast of Kurakhove.
Kurakhove
- Categories: city in Ukraine, city, city or town, and locality
- Location: Kurakhivska Terytorialna Hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Eastern Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.98352° or 47° 59′ 1″ north
Longitude
37.28264° or 37° 16′ 58″ east
Population
20,200
Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)
Open location code
8GVVX7MM+C3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kurakhove” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوراخوف”
- Armenian: “Կուրախովո”
- Belarusian: “Курахава”
- Belarusian: “Курахавэ”
- Catalan: “Kuràkhove”
- Cebuano: “Kurakhove”
- Chechen: “Курахово”
- Chinese: “库拉霍韦”
- Chinese: “庫拉霍韋”
- Crimean Tatar: “Kurahove”
- Czech: “Kurachove”
- Danish: “Kurakhove”
- Dutch: “Koerachove”
- Estonian: “Kurahhove”
- Finnish: “Kurah’ove”
- French: “Kourakhove”
- Georgian: “კურახოვე”
- Georgian: “კურახოვი”
- Georgian: “კურახოვო”
- German: “Kurachowe”
- Greek: “Κουράκοβο”
- Hungarian: “Kurahove”
- Italian: “Kurachove”
- Korean: “쿠라호베”
- Latvian: “Kurahove”
- Lithuanian: “Kurachovė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurakhove”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kurakhove”
- Norwegian: “Kurakhove”
- Ossetian: “Курахово”
- Persian: “کوراخوفه”
- Polish: “Kurachowe”
- Polish: “Kurachowo”
- Portuguese: “Kurakhove”
- Romanian: “Kurahove”
- Russian: “Курахово”
- Serbian: “Курахове”
- Silesian: “Kurachowe”
- Slovenian: “Kurahove”
- South Azerbaijani: “کوراخوفه”
- Spanish: “Kurájove”
- Swedish: “Kurachove”
- Tatar: “Курахове”
- Thai: “กูราคอแว”
- Ukrainian: “Kurakhove”
- Ukrainian: “Курахове”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kurachowe”
- Uzbek: “Kuraxov”
- Vietnamese: “Kurakhove”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Yuzhnyi Microdistrict and Nova Illinka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Battle of Kurakhove and Nova Poshta #2.
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