Zatoka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Zatoka
Затoка

Zatoka central park.

Coat of arms
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Odessa Oblast
City Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Area
  Total 31 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation 28 m (92 ft)
Population (2015)[1]
  Total 1,921
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
This article is about the town of Zatoka, Odessa Oblast. For the town of Zatoka in Poland, see: Zatoka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Zatoka (Cyrillic: Затoка, Zatoka; Romanian: Zatoca or Bugaz) is an urban-type settlement in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality in southwestern Ukraine. The settlement is a local beach resort and contains a small port of Buhaz (see Port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky). Population: 1,921(2015 est.)[2]

It is located 60 km from Odessa and 18 km from the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi of Odessa Oblast in the historical region of Budjak, southern Bessarabia.

In the Ukrainian it means a bay. The town is located on a sand spit of the Dniester Estuary right next where Dnister flows into the Black Sea.

References

  1. Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року, Київ-2011 (doc) Archived October 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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Coordinates: 46°04′02″N 30°27′25″E / 46.0672°N 30.4569°E / 46.0672; 30.4569

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