Yakymivka

Yakymivka
Якимівка
Yakymivka
Location in Ukraine
Yakymivka
Yakymivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 46°42′N 35°10′E / 46.700°N 35.167°E / 46.700; 35.167
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Raion Melitopol Raion
Founded1833
Population
 (2022)
  Total
11,069
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Yakymivka (Ukrainian: Якимівка) is a rural settlement in Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, east-central Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative center of Yakymivka Raion until the raion was abolished in 2020. Population: 11,069 (2022 estimate).

Yakymivka was first mentioned in historical documents in 1833 and named in honor of Yakym Kolosov, regional police ispravnic.