Balakhivka

Balakhivka (Ukrainian: Балахівка; Russian: Балаховка) is an urban-type settlement in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Inhulets, a right tributary of the Dnieper. Balakhivka belongs to Petrove settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 725 (2022 estimate).[2]

Balakhivka
Балахівка
Balakhivka is located in Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast
Balakhivka
Balakhivka
Location in Kirovohrad Oblast
Balakhivka is located in Ukraine
Balakhivka
Balakhivka
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 33°10′49″E
CountryUkraine
OblastKirovohrad Oblast
RaionOleksandriia Raion
Population
 (2022)
  Total725
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Balakhivka belonged to Petrove Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Petrove Raion was merged into Oleksandriia Raion.[3][4]

Economy

Transportation

Balakhivka is connected by road with Oleksandriia and Kryvyi Rih, where it has further access to the highway network of Ukraine.

References

  1. "Петровская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. 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.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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