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Kacha, Sevastopol

Coordinates: 44°46′0″N 33°33′0″E / 44.76667°N 33.55000°E / 44.76667; 33.55000
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Kacha
Кача
Кача
Qaçı
Flag of Kacha
Coat of arms of Kacha
Kacha is located in Sevastopol
Kacha
Kacha
Location of Kacha within Sevastopol
Kacha is located in Crimea
Kacha
Kacha
Kacha (Crimea)
Kacha is located in Black Sea
Kacha
Kacha
Kacha (Black Sea)
Kacha is located in Ukraine
Kacha
Kacha
Kacha (Ukraine)
Kacha is located in European Russia
Kacha
Kacha
Kacha (European Russia)
Coordinates: 44°46′0″N 33°33′0″E / 44.76667°N 33.55000°E / 44.76667; 33.55000
CountryDisputed
 Russia,  Ukraine
RepublicCrimea
RegionSevastopol
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total4,996
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code
99804
Area code+380-692

Kacha (Ukrainian: Кача; Russian: Кача; Crimean Tatar: Qaçı) is an urban-type settlement under the City of Sevastopol's jurisdiction, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as part of the Crimean Federal District.

History

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Kacha was founded in 1912. It received urban-type settlement status in 1938.[1]

Military outpost

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There is an airbase in Kacha used by Russia and its Black Sea Fleet Naval Air Force as headquarters for the 25th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment (25th AHR) and the 917th Independent Composite Air Regiment (917th ICAR).[2] Occupied by Germany in part of 1942-part of 1944.

Demographics

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Онищук, В. І. "Кача" [Kacha]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 12. NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
  2. ^ Freyhof, Jörg; Naseka, Alexander. "Proterorhinus tataricus, a new tubenose goby from Crimea, Ukraine" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)