Balakhivka

Rural locality in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

Balakhivka Балахівка
Rural settlement
48°27′48″N 33°10′49″E / 48.46333°N 33.18028°E / 48.46333; 33.18028
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kirovohrad Oblast
Raion	Oleksandriia Raion
Hromada	Petrove settlement hromada
Population (2022)
• Total	725
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Balakhivka (Ukrainian: Балахівка; Russian: Балаховка) is a rural 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]

History

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]

Until 26 January 2024, Balakhivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Balakhivka became a rural settlement.^[5]

Economy

Transportation

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

References

^ "Петровская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ 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.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.