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# Okhtyrka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Охтирка.

## English name

**Okhtyrka** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

- **Akhtyrka** — Established Russian-based form, common in older English historical and geographical works.
- **Ohtyrka** — Simplified Latin transcription dropping the k in kh; not the national 2010 spelling.
- **Ohtirka** — ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Охтирка** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Okhtyrka** — Same Ukrainian-based form as in English; French sources also preserve the older Akhtyrka. Ukrainian-based form also used in French references.

Other forms in use:

- **Akhtyrka** — Older Russian-based name familiar in French historical and geographical sources.

## About

Okhtyrka is a city in Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine, near the Vorskla River. It has a Cossack regimental past and a later role in the region’s oil industry.

## Notes

The city is near the Vorskla; the smaller local watercourse also bears the name Okhtyrka.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1013471](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1013471) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/okhtyrka/?format=json)


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