Shyroke, Mykolaiv Oblast

Shyroke (Ukrainian: Широке; Russian: Широкое) is a rural settlement in Bashtanka Raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about 54.9 kilometres (34.1 mi) east-northeast from the centre of Mykolaiv city. It hosts the administration of Shyroke rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2]

Shyroke Широке
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Coordinates: 47.098611°N 32.671389°E / 47.098611; 32.671389
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Mykolaiv Oblast
Raion	Bashtanka Raion
Founded	1947
Area
• Total	0.06 km2 (0.02 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	779
• Density	13,000/km2 (34,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	57324
Area code	+380 5162

Until 18 July 2020, Shyroke belonged to Snihurivka Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four. The area of Snihurivka Raion was merged into Bashtanka Raion.^[3][4]

Russian forces entered Mykolaiv Oblast during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. On 27 April 2022, Ukrainian government official Anton Gerashchenko announced that Ukrainian forces had taken control of Shyroke and the nearby villages of Novopetrivka and Liubyne [uk].^[5][6]