Zatoka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Zatoka
Затoка

Zatoka central park.

Coat of arms
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Odessa Oblast
City Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Area
  Total 31 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation 28 m (92 ft)
Population (2009)[1]
  Total 1,600
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
This article is about the town of Zatoka, Odessa Oblast. For the town of Zatoka in Poland, see: Zatoka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Zatoka (Cyrillic: Затoка, Zatoka; Romanian: Zatoca or Bugaz) is an urban-type settlement in southwestern Ukraine. It is administratively part of the port-city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. The town is a local beach resort and contains a small port of Buhaz (see Port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky).

It is located 60 km from Odessa and 18 km from the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi of Odessa Oblast in the historical region of Budjak, southern Bessarabia.

In the Ukrainian it means a bay. The town is located on a sand spit of the Dniester Estuary right next where Dnister flows into the Black Sea.

References

  1. Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року, Київ-2011 (doc)
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Coordinates: 46°04′02″N 30°27′25″E / 46.0672°N 30.4569°E / 46.0672; 30.4569

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