The Chonhar Peninsula ( Russian and Ukrainian : Чонгар ; Crimean Tatar : Çonğar) is on the northern coast of the Syvash , and in the Kherson province of Ukraine.
5-791: Administratively, the whole peninsula houses the Chonhar rural community of Henichesk Raion . Together with the Tup-Dzhankoi [ uk ] part of the Crimean peninsula which reaches towards it, the Chonhar Peninsula divides the Syvash lagoons into two parts: eastern and western. Several bridges and embankments connect the Chonhar Peninsula with the Crimean Peninsula to the south. The Chonhar Peninsula has one of
10-608: A bridge and embankment across the lagoon near the village of Syvash . Chonhar Peninsula was occupied by Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian War . This article about a location in Kherson Oblast is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Henichesk Raion Henichesk Raion ( Ukrainian : Генічеський район ) is one of the five administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine . Its administrative centre
15-423: Is located in the city of Henichesk . Population: 118,059 (2022 estimate). On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine , the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced from 18 to five, and the area of Henichesk Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Ivanivka , Nyzhni Sirohozy , and Novotroitske Raions , were merged into Henichesk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of
20-571: The raion population was 58,331 (2020 est.). In 2008, the raion had a 10% Crimean Tatar minority, with the Tatar population reaching 50% in two villages. This minority is a result of a 1967 Soviet decree that restored Tatar rights lost during the 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars . Because de jure they were not allowed to return to their Crimea homeland, some Tatars settled in nearby places, including Henichesk Raion. During
25-599: The three main road connections between Crimea and mainland Europe, the others being on the Perekop Isthmus to the west and the Arabat Spit to the east. The main Chonhar road bridge crosses the narrowest gap, the Chonhar Strait near the village of Chonhar . It runs more or less parallel to the old road bridge, which is nearby to the south-southwest. The Novooleksiivka – Dzhankoi railway line runs over
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