Bilokurakyne
Bilokurakyne
Білокуракине | |
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Urban-type settlement | |
Bilokurakyne Location in Luhansk Oblast | |
Coordinates: 49°31′38″N 38°46′15″E / 49.52722°N 38.77083°ECoordinates: 49°31′38″N 38°46′15″E / 49.52722°N 38.77083°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
Raion | Bilokurakyne Raion |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 6,448 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Bilokurakyne (Ukrainian: Білокуракине, Russian: Бело��уракино) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Bilokurakyne Raion of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Bila River, a right tributary of the Aidar, in the basin of the Don. Population: 6,448 (2021 est.)[1]
Economy[]
Transportation[]
Bilokurakyne is connected by road with Starobilsk where it has further access to ro Svatove and Bilovodsk, as well as to Highway H21 to Luhansk. However, the section between Shchastia and Luhansk is controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic, and free movement from Shchastia to Luhansk is impossible.
There is a railway line in Bilokurakyne, which is currently disconnected from the rest of the railway network in Ukraine. To the south, it extends to Starobilsk and , in Stanytsia Luhanska, and to the north it crosses the border to Russia, and further runs to Valuyki. has infrequent passenger traffic between Kondrashivska Nova and .
References[]
- ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- Urban-type settlements in Luhansk Oblast