Kamianka, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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Kamianka
Кам'янка
Urban-type settlement
Kamianka is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kamianka
Kamianka
Kamianka is located in Ukraine
Kamianka
Kamianka
Location in Ukraine
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
Country Ukraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionPolohy Raion
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total6,507
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kamianka (Ukrainian: Кам'янка), until May 2016 Kuibysheve (Ukrainian: Куйбишеве) and until October 2021 Bilmak (Ukrainian: Більмак) is an urban-type settlement in Polohy 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]

On 6 October 2021, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Bilmak to Kamianka.

Economy

Transportation

The settlement is on Highway H08 connecting Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol.

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

References

  1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. ^ "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.