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.^[2] It belongs to Kushuhum settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[3] Population: 5,850 (2022 estimate).^[4] In 2001, population was 5,668 according to the census.^[2]

Balabyne Балабине
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 47°44′39″N 35°13′13″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Raion	Zaporizhzhia Raion
Founded	1777
Settlement status	1938
Area
• Total	2.613 km2 (1.009 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	5,850
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	70435–436
Area code	+380 61
Climate	Dfa
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

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.^[2] It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, just south of Zaporizhzhia's Komunarskyi District.

References

1. "Balabyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
2. "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.
3. "Кушугумська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
4. 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.