Bucha, Kiev Oblast

Bucha Буча
City
Bucha city park
Flag Coat of arms
Bucha
Bucha
Coordinates: UA 50°33′27.15″N 30°13′36.17″E / 50.5575417°N 30.2267139°ECoordinates: UA 50°33′27.15″N 30°13′36.17″E / 50.5575417°N 30.2267139°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kiev Oblast
Area
• Total	26.57 km^2 (10.26 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	28,533
• Density	1,100/km^2 (2,800/sq mi)
Area code(s)	+380 4597

Bucha (Ukrainian: Буча) is a city in Ukraine's Kiev Oblast. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. In 2001, according to the census, population was 28,533. Current population: 28,483 (2013 est.)^[1].

Bucha was assigned city status on February 9, 2006.^[2] Before 1996 Bucha was a town subordinant to Irpin city.

There is a glass factory in Bucha.

The town's main landmark is a 19th-century railway station.

Author Mikhail Bulgakov stayed in Bucha with his family during the summer season in his cottage.

Twin towns

Bucha is twinned with:

• Kovel, Ukraine
• Tiachiv, Ukraine
• Tuszyn, Poland
• Jasło, Poland

Gallery

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  Shtamm's Country House Ruins in Bucha

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  Bucha railway station

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  Bulgakov monument

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. [Bucha http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=20.02.2008&rf7571=42422] Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

External links

• bucha.com.ua - Unofficial city portal