Balachivka

Balachivka
Балахівка
	Balachivka
Basic data
Oblast :	Kirovohrad Oblast
Rajon :	Petrowe district
Height :	no information
Area :	0.905 km²
Residents :	782 (2019)
Population density :	864 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	28314
Area code :	+380 5237
Geographic location :	48 ° 28 '  N , 33 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '47 "  N , 33 ° 10' 50"  E
KOATUU :	3524955300
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement
Address:	вул. Центральна буд. 6 28314 смт. Балахівка
Website :	https://balahivka-rada.gov.ua/
Statistical information
Balachivka

Balachiwka ( Ukrainian Балахівка ; Russian Балаховка Balachowka ) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine in the east of Kirovohrad Oblast with 780 inhabitants (2019).

geography

The settlement is located near the bank of the Inhulez , a tributary of the Dnieper , in the Petrov district 94 km east of the oblast capital Kropyvnytskyi and 28 km south of the nearest train station in Oleksandrija . The neighboring municipality of Novyj Starodub is 6 km north and the village of Chechelyivka in the south of the village. The district center of Petrowe is located 18 km south of Balachiwka.

history

Balachiwka was founded in 1957. Due to the lignite deposits found at the site, the Council of Ministers decided on May 9, 1955 that the lignite should be mined in open-cast mining and that the village of Balachiwka should be established as a workers' settlement. Most of the new villagers were former residents of the neighboring villages and displaced persons from various regions of the former Soviet Union . Since 1968 the village has had urban-type settlement status .

Population development

1970	1979	1989	2001	2013	2019
1,499	1,433	1,262	983	804	782

Source: 1959-2001, 2019; 2013

Web links

• Municipal council website on rada info (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ history Balachiwka in the history of the towns and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on February 22, 2020 (Ukrainian)
3. ↑ Structure and statistics of the Rajons on the Petrowe District Administration website (Ukrainian)