Balakliia

Balakliia
Балаклія
City
Zhovtneva street, the main street of Balakliia
Zhovtneva street, the main street of Balakliia
Coat of arms of Balakliia
Balakliia is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Balakliia
Balakliia
Location of Balakliia
Balakliia is located in Ukraine
Balakliia
Balakliia
Balakliia (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°27′57″N 36°52′04″E / 49.46583°N 36.86778°E / 49.46583; 36.86778
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionIzium Raion
HromadaBalakliia urban hromada
Founded1663[1]
Area
 • Total35 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation
79 m (259 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total26,334
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
64200
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Balakliia or Balakliya[2] (Ukrainian: Балаклія IPA: [bɐlɐˈkl⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ] ; Russian: Балаклея, romanizedBalakleya) is a city in the Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine, on the northeast side of the Siverskyi Donets river close to where it is joined by the Balakliika river [uk], which runs through the town. It is an important railroad junction in the oblast. Balakliia hosts the administration of Balakliia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 26,334 (2022 estimate).[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SovietEncyclopedia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area after surprising offensive".
  3. ^ "Балаклейская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. ^ 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.