Bilozerka

Bilozerka (Ukrainian: Білозе́рка) is an urban-type settlement in Kherson Raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bilozerka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] It has a population of 9,364 (2021 est.).[2]

For the river in Ukraine, see Bilozerka (river).
Not to be confused with Bilozirka.
Bilozerka
Білозе́рка
Urban-type settlement
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Bilozerka
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 46°37′40″N 32°26′35″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kherson
RaionKherson Raion
ControlOccupied by Russia
Area
 • Total6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 9,364
Postal code
75000
Area code(s)+380-5547

Until 18 July 2020, Bilozerka was the administrative center of Bilozerka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Bilozerka Raion was merged into Kherson Raion.[3][4]

In the first weeks of the (February/March) Southern Ukraine offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Bilozerka became occupied by the Russian army.[5] 14 March 2022 a peaceful rally against the Russian occupiers was held in the village; according to a report by Ukrayinska Pravda Russian soldiers fired into the air and tried to stop the protesters.[5]

References
  1. "Белозерская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. 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.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. "Rallies against Russian occupation army continue in the Kherson region: Bilozerka village held rally on 14 March". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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