Nova Vodolaha


Nova Vodolaha is an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Nova Vodolaha Raion. Population:
Nova Vodolaha is located in the banks of the Olkhovatka River, a short right tributary of the Mzha River in the drainage basin of the Donets.

History

It started as a village in Valky uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
A local newspaper is published here since December 1931. Urban-type settlement since October 1938.
During World War II it was under German occupation from October 1941 to September 1943.
In January 1989 the population was 14 979 people. In January 2013 the population was 13 583 people.

Economy

Transportation

Nova Vodolaha is on the Highway M29 which connects Kharkiv and Dnipro. North of the settlement the Highway M18 branches off east to Kharkiv.
Vodolaha railway station, located here, is on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Dnipro.