Balabyne
Balabyne (Ukrainian: Балабине; Russian: Балабино) is a rural settlement in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. Balabyne is the administrative center of the Balabyne Council, a local government area. It belongs to Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 5,850 (2022 estimate). In 2001, population was 5,668 according to the census.
The settlement was first founded in 1777 as the village of Petrivska (Ukrainian: Петрівська). In 1938, it was renamed to Balabyne and given the status of an urban-type settlement. It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, just south of Zaporizhzhia's Komunarskyi District.
References
- ^ "Balabyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Balabyne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Кушугумська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
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