Zatoka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Zatoka
Затoка
Zatoka central park.

Coat of arms
Zatoka
Zatoka
Coordinates: 46°4′2″N 30°27′25″E / 46.06722°N 30.45694°E / 46.06722; 30.45694
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 UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Zatoka (Ukrainian: Затoка, translit. Zatoka; Romanian: Zatoca or Bugaz) is an urban-type settlement in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality in southwestern Ukraine. The settlement is a local beach resort. Additionally, Zatoka contains a small port named Buhaz, which has a single pier and is part of the Port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky. The population of Zatoka is 1,921 (2015 est.)[2].

The town is located on a sand spit of the Dniester Estuary next to where the Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is 60 km from Odessa and 18 km from the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Odessa Oblast, in the historical region of Budjak or southern Bessarabia.

In the Ukrainian language, "zatoka" refers to a bay.

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.

Coordinates: 46°04′02″N 30°27′25″E / 46.0672°N 30.4569°E / 46.0672; 30.4569

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