Welyka Bahachka

Welyka Bahachka
Велика Багачка
	Welyka Bahachka
Basic data
Oblast :	Poltava Oblast
Rajon :	Velyka Bahachka district
Height :	92 m
Area :	5.11 km²
Residents :	5,785 (2014)
Population density :	1,132 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	38300
Area code :	+380 5345
Geographic location :	49 ° 47 '  N , 33 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '7 "  N , 33 ° 43' 17"  E
KOATUU :	5320255100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement , 9 villages
Address:	вул. Леніна 20 38300 смт. Велика Багачка
Website :	http://bagachka.um.la/
Statistical information
Welyka Bahachka

Velyka Bahatschka ( Ukrainian Велика Багачка ; Russian Великая Багачка Velikaja Bagatschka ) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative seat of the raion of the same name in the center of the Ukrainian Oblast Poltava with about 5700 inhabitants (2014).

geography

Velyka Bahatschka lies on the Psel , a 717 km long left tributary of the Dnieper . The Poltava oblast center can be reached via the M 03 trunk road running 10 km south of the town , a section of the E 40 in 78 km south-east. In addition to the SsT itself, the settlement council also includes the villages of Bairak , Buryakivshchyna , Butowa Dolyna , Harnokut , Dowhaliwka , Saton , Mala Reshetylivka , Pylypenky and Schepeli .

history

Taras Shevchenko Monument in Velyka Bahachka

The village was founded in 1630 under the name Bohatschka. In 1764 the place had 372 and in 1846 2082 inhabitants. By 1910 the population grew to 3,150 people. The Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko stayed several times in Velyka Bahachka in 1845. In 1925 the place became the center of the Rajon and received its current name. Since 1959 the village has had the status of an urban-type settlement.

Rajon

Welyka Bahatschka is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name, founded in 1925. The Rajon Welyka Bahatschka located in the center of Poltava , about 25,000 inhabitants and an area of 1019 km². The population density is 25 inhabitants per km².

See also : List of Rajons of Ukraine

Web links

Commons : Welyka Bahatschka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ^ Page of the Verkhovna Rada, Welyka Bahatschka Settlement Council , accessed on September 9, 2014
3. ↑ official website of the city; Local history ( memento of March 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 8, 2014