Biloziria
Biloziria (Ukrainian: Білозір'я) is a big village (selo) in central Ukraine. It is located in Cherkasy Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province) 20 km (12 mi) southwest from the city of Cherkasy. It hosts the administration of Biloziria rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
Biloziria
Білозір'я | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Transfiguration Church of 1754 | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Biloziria Biloziria in Cherkasy Oblast Biloziria Biloziria (Cherkasy Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 49°18′19″N 31°53′32″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Cherkasy |
| Raion | Cherkasy |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,506 |
| Website | Ukrainian Parliament website |
History
The village is mentioned as a town in the "Tales about populated localities of Kyiv Governorate" of 1864 by Lavrentiy Polkhylevych and the fact that existed before 1710.
Population
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[2]
| Language | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 8 436 | 99.18% |
| Other[a] | 70 | 0.82% |
| Total | 8 506 | 100.00% |
| a Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population. |
Further reading
- (in Ukrainian) (1972). Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP – Черкаська область (The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR – Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
References
- "Білозірська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).
External links
- "Białozierze". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1880. p. 197.
- "Białozierze, miasteczko nad jeziorem Białem". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). p. 131.
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