Kherson
Kherson is a major sea harbour town in Southern Ukraine. It sits in the river delta of the Dniepr river, where it mounts into the Black Sea.
- City with about 279,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code KHE
- …dates from the 18th century
- Description: capital city of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine
Places of Interest
Discover St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Kherson and Park Khersonska Fortetsia.
St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Kherson
The Cathedral of St. Catherine is a religious building…
Park Khersonska Fortetsia
The Kherson fortress is a former earthen fortress in the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine.
Regional Academic Musical-Dramatic Theatre Mykola Kulish
Regional Academic Musical-Dramatic Theatre Mykola Kulish is a theater building.
Kherson
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Latitude
46.6401° or 46° 38′ 25″ north
Longitude
32.6144° or 32° 36′ 52″ east
UN/LOCODE
UA KHE
Open location code
8GRJJJR7+3Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Kherson” goes by many names.
ChersonAfrikaans
خرسونArabic
خيرسونArabic
KhersonAragonese
ԽերսոնArmenian
KhersonAsturian
HersonAzerbaijani
XersonAzerbaijani
ХерсонBashkir
JersonBasque
KhersonBasque
ХерсонBelarusian
ХэрсонBelarusian
খেরসনBengali
HersonBosnian
C’hersonBreton
KhersonBreton
ХерсонBulgarian
KhersonCatalan
KhersonCebuano
ХерсонChechen
赫尔松Chinese
赫爾松Chinese
ХерсонChuvash
HersonCrimean Tatar
HersonCroatian
ChersonCzech
KhersonDanish
ChersonDutch
KhersonDutch
ХерсонEastern Mari
خيرسونEgyptian Arabic
ХерсонErzya
ĤersonEsperanto
ĤersonoEsperanto
HersonEstonian
H’ersonFinnish
ხერსონიGeorgian
ΧερσώναGreek
ખેર્સનGujarati
חערסאןHebrew
חרסוןHebrew
खेर्सनHindi
HerszonHungarian
KhersonIcelandic
KhersonIndonesian
ChersonInterlingue
KhersonIrish
ChersonItalian
Chersone (historical)Italian
Chersonia (historical)Italian
KhersonItalian
ケルソンJapanese
ヘルソーンJapanese
ヘルソンJapanese
ಖೇರ್ಸೋನ್Kannada
خیرسۆنKashmiri
ХерсонKazakh
ខឺសុនKhmer
ХерсонKirghiz
헤르손Korean
XersonKotava
XêrsonKurdish
HersonLadin
KhersonLadin
ເຄີຊັນLao
ChersoLatin
ChersoniumLatin
HersonaLatvian
ChersonLimburgan
ChersonLithuanian
ChersonasLithuanian
ChersonLombard
HersonLombard
KhersonLombard
ХерсонMacedonian
ChersonMalagasy
KhersonMalay
ഖെർസൺMalayalam
KersonMaltese
KhersonMaltese
KhersonManx
खेर्सनMarathi
ხერსონიMingrelian
ХэрсонMoksha
ХерсонMongolian
ChersonNorthern Frisian
Cherson (Steed)Northern Frisian
KhersonNorwegian
KhersonNorwegian Bokmål
KhersonNorwegian Nynorsk
KhersonOccitan (post 1500)
ХерсонOssetian
خرسونPersian
ChersonPiemontese
ChersońPolish
ΧερσώναPontic
ChersonRomanian
HersonRomanian
KersonRomanian
KhersonRomanian
Александр-ШанцRussian
Г. ХерсонRussian
ХерсонRussian
ХерсонскуюRussian
ХерсонRusyn
KhersonScots
KhersonScottish Gaelic
HersonSerbian
ХерзонSerbian
ХерсонSerbian
HersonSerbo-Croatian
ChersůńSilesian
خيرسونSindhi
ඛේර්සන්Sinhala
ChersonSlovak
HersonSlovenian
خرسونSouth Azerbaijani
KhersonSwahili
ChersonSwedish
ХерсонTajik
ХерсунTajik
XersonTalysh
கெர்சன் நகரம்Tamil
கேர்சன்Tamil
ХерсонTatar
ఖ్రి సన్Telugu
แคร์ซอนThai
HersonTurkish
ХерсонUdmurt
ХерзонUkrainian
ХерсонUkrainian
ChersonUpper Sorbian
خیرسونUrdu
XersonUzbek
KhersonVietnamese
ChersonVlaams
KhersonWaray (Philippines)
KhersonWelsh
ԽէրսոնWestern Armenian
ՔերսոնWestern Armenian
خیرسونWestern Panjabi
赫尔松Wu Chinese
ХерсонYakut
ХэрсиэнYakut
赫爾松Yue Chinese
ChersonZeeuws
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