Lokhvytsia is a city

City

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 in the Poltava Oblast

Poltava Oblast

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 (province

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) of central Ukraine

Ukraine

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. It is the administrative center

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 of the Lokhvytskyi Raion

Lokhvytskyi Raion

Lokhvytskyi Raion is a raion in the central Ukrainian province of Poltava. The raion's administrative center is the city of Lokhvytsia, which has a separate administrative status within the oblast'....

 (district

Raion

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), and is located on the banks of Lokhvytsia River.

The current estimated population is around 21,400 (as of 2001).

History

The name of the river Lokhvytsia, as well as the town, comes from the Old Slavonic

Old Slavonic

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 word lokhve which means "salmon

Salmon

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".

At the time of Kievan Rus the territory where the town is located was part of Pereyaslav Principality. The precise date of the foundation is unknown. From written records, it can be determined that Lokhvytsia existed prior to 1320.

In 1644, Magdeburg rights were granted to the town so that all town issues were to be resolved by a city council, elected by the wealthy citizens. In 1648-1658, Lokhvytsia was a Sotnia

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 town of the Myrhorod

Myrhorod

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 Cossack Regiment, later (1658-І781 р.р.) of the Lubny Cossack Regiment.

The Hlynsko-Rozbyshiv (Lokhvytsia and Hadyach districts) oil and gas deposits provide large volumes of oil

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 and gas

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 sufficient for the entire Poltava Oblast and beyond. Poltava oil is of high-quality: it contains up to 55 per cent of light oil and is quite low in sulphur. The natural gas

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 consists of almost 70% of propane

Propane

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-butane

Butane

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fractions, which make it a valuable raw material for the chemical industry, such as the production of synthetic fibres and plastics.