Bilmak

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Bilmak
Більмак
Urban-type settlement
Bilmak is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Bilmak
Bilmak
Coordinates: 47°21′48″N 36°39′19″E / 47.36333°N 36.65528°E / 47.36333; 36.65528Coordinates: 47°21′48″N 36°39′19″E / 47.36333°N 36.65528°E / 47.36333; 36.65528
CountryUkraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionBilmak Raion
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total6,507
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Bilmak (Ukrainian: Більмак, Russian: Бильмак, until May 2016 Kuibysheve, Ukrainian: Куйбишеве, Russian: Куйбышево) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Bilmak Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine. It is located in the eastern part of the oblast. Population: 6,507 (2021 est.)[1]

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kuibysheve Raion to Bilmak Raion and Kuibysheve to Bilmak according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]

Economy[]

Transportation[]

The settlement is on connecting Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol.

The closest railway station, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast if Bilmak, is . It has connections to Zaporizhzhia, Volnovakha, and Berdiansk. There is passenger traffic through the station.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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