{{Short description|City in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Novyi Buh | native_name = Новий Буг | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Новий Буг вулиця.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = A street | image_flag = Novyj Buh prapor.png | image_shield = COA of Novyj Buh.png | nickname = | motto = | pushpin_map = Ukraine#Ukraine Mykolaiv Oblast | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_label = Novyi Buh | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Novyi Buh | coordinates = {{coord|47|41|N|32|30|E|source:ukwiki_region:UA_scale:100000|display=title,inline}} | mapsize = | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1810 | established_title1 = City rights | established_date1 = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Andrij Shevchuk | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 12 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = November 2022 | population_note = | population_total = 15000 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite journal | s2cid=253935930 | doi=10.1017/s1816383122000960 | title=Voices of resilience: The perspective of persons with disabilities in armed conflict | date=2023 | last1=Hocq | first1=Nicolas | last2=Assaf | first2=Nour | journal=International Review of the Red Cross | volume=105 | issue=922 | pages=5–25 }}</ref> | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 55600 | area_code = | blank_info = | blank1_info = | website = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan area | subdivision_type4 = Hromada | subdivision_name1 = Mykolaiv Oblast | subdivision_name2 = Bashtanka Raion | subdivision_name3 = Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area | subdivision_name4 = Novyi Buh urban hromada }} '''Novyi Buh''' ({{langx|uk|Новий Буг}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈnɔwɪj ˈbuɦ|pron|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Новий Буг.wav}}) is a city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Bashtanka Raion, Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novyi Buh urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_novyi_buh">{{cite web |title=Новобужская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/novobuzka/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|14,782|.}} In 2001, population was 16,250. The Inhul River Park partly falls within the town.
== History == Until 18 July 2020, Novyi Buh was the administrative center of Novyi Buh Raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four, Novyi Buh Raion was merged into Bashtanka Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
== Demographics == As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Novyi Buh had a population of 16,200 people. In terms of ethnic backgrounds, the overwhelming majority of the population are ethnic Ukrainians, while a number of small minorities also exists in the city. The Ukrainian language is the first language of almost 95% of the city's population. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001|title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України|website=socialdata.org.ua}}</ref> {{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Novyi Buh|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|93.38}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|4.38}} {{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|0.66}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.59}} {{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.51}} {{bar percent|Poles|yellow|0.08}} {{bar percent|Azerbaijanis|green|0.07}} {{bar percent|others|gray|0.33}}}}
{{bar box|title=Native languages (2001)|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|94.5}} {{bar percent|Russian|purple|4.5}} {{bar percent|Moldovan|pink|0.4}} {{bar percent|Armenian|brown|0.4}} {{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.2}} {{bar percent|others|gray|0.1}}}}
== Notable people ==
* Stepan Dybets (1887–1937), Ukrainian anarchist communist
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=618 The murder of the Jews of Novyi Buh] during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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Category:Cities in Mykolaiv Oblast Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine Category:Populated places established in the Russian Empire Category:Khersonsky Uyezd Category:Holocaust locations in Ukraine Category:Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area